NSW Caselaw
New South Wales District Court
CITATION: Cavasinni v Camenzuli [2009] NSWDC 159
HEARING DATE(S): 26 June 2009
JUDGMENT DATE: 26 June 2009
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 26 June 2009
JURISDICTION: Civil
JUDGMENT OF: Gibson DCJ
(1) Defendants' objections to form and capacity of the plaintiff's imputations dismissed. (2) Plaintiff file an Amended Statement of Claim correcting typing errors and identifying places of publication by 4pm 2 July 2009. DECISION: (3) These proceedings stood over to the Defamation List for further directions at 9:00am on Friday 3 July. (4) The defendants pay the plaintiff's costs of this application. (5) No order as to the costs thrown away by reason of the amendments to the Statement of Claim.
CATCHWORDS: TORT - defamation - imputations - form and capacity
LEGISLATION CITED: Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 14.28 and 28.2
Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden (1998) 43 NSWLR 158 Bass v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [2000] NSWSC 270 Bass v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 34 Buckley v Newcastle Newspapers Pty Ltd (No 2) [2008] NSWDC 102 Coates v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 292 David v Abdishou [2007] NSWSC 1195 Dennis v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2008] NSWCA 37 Dix Gardner Pty Ltd v Strathfield Municipal Council [2003] NSWSC 597 Dobson v Macquarie Radio Network Ltd [2007] NSWSC 718 Dow Jones & Company Inc v Gutnick (2002) 210 CLR 575 Drummoyne Municipal Council v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1990) 21 NSWLR 135 Fakhoury v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 561 Favell v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd (2005) 221 ALR 186 Gillespie v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 553 CASES CITED: Greig v WIN Television NSW Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 1118 Hanneybel v Uniflex (Australia) Pty Ltd [2002] WASCA 349 Harvey v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 255 Hepburn v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [1983] 2 NSWLR 682 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Blake; David Syme & Co v Blake (2001) 53 NSWLR 541 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Gacic (2007) 230 CLR 291 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Hitchcock [2007] NSWCA 364 Mahommed v Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 213 Malcolm v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (2007) Aust Torts Reports 81-915; [2007] NSWCA 254 Mayfield-Smith v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1982] 2 NSWLR 419 Piggins v Denton [2006] NSWSC 954 SMEC Holdings v Boniface [2007] NSWSC 1402 Sergi v Australian Broadcasting Commission [1983] 2 NSWLR 669 Viney v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 1273 Waterhouse v David Syme & Co Ltd [2000] NSWSC 817
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