Allen v Lloyd-Jones (No. 2) [2010] NSWDC 41

New South Wales District Court

CITATION: Allen v Lloyd-Jones (No. 2) [2010] NSWDC 41

HEARING DATE(S): 12 March 2010; 15 March 2010 (plaintiff's written submissions); 19 March 2010 (defendant's written submissions)

JUDGMENT DATE: 19 March 2010

JURISDICTION: Civil

JUDGMENT OF: Gibson DCJ

(1) The defendant is to provide further and better answers to interrogatories 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32, with verification, by Monday 29 March at 5:00 pm. DECISION: (2) The defendant may serve the interrogatories by fax or email in order to comply with the time frame in order 1. (3) Order 1 is self-executing in nature. (4) The defendant is to pay the plaintiff's costs of this application.

CATCHWORDS: TORT - defamation - further and better answers to interrogatories

Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56 LEGISLATION CITED: Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 22.1(1)

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