Keramaniakis v Wagstaff [2005] NSWDC 14

New South Wales District Court

CITATION: Keramaniakis v Wagstaff [2005] NSWDC 14

HEARING DATE(S): 24/03/2005, 11/05/2005

JUDGMENT DATE: 13 May 2005

JUDGMENT OF: Rein SC DCJ

DECISION: At [80]

CATCHWORDS: Defamation proceedings - application to amend Statement of Claim - Numerous pleading points relating to the form of the article the subject of the proceedings - Availability of a claim for damages based on republication by a third party - Whether first instance Supreme Court decision binding on District Court

Defamation Act 1974 LEGISLATION CITED: District Court Act 1973 Supreme Court Act 1970

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