NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Hall & Ors v Jones & Anor [2000] NSWSC 39 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20262/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 4 February 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 14 February 2000
James Anthony Hall (First Plaintiff) Mark Gerard Sargent (Second Plaintiff) PARTIES : Robert John McCarthy (Third Plaintiff) Malcolm Cecil Cochrane (Fourth Plaintiff) Alan Jones (First Defendant) Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Limited (Second Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Studdert J
COUNSEL : S.M. Littlmore QC (Plaintiffs) B.R. McClintock SC (Defendants) SOLICITORS : Teakle.Ormsby.Conn (Plaintiffs) Bush Burke & Company (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Defamation - whether two imputations pleaded differ in substance - whether other imputations pleaded are capable of arising - Unnamed plaintiffs - whether need for particulars of identification - Claim for aggravated damages - whether particulars provided sufficient. LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules Consolidated Trust Co. Limited v Browne (1949) SR 86 Mirror Newspapers Limited v World Hosts Pty Limited (1978-79) 141 CLR 632 Steele v Mirror Newspapers Limited (1974) 2 NSWLR 348 CASES CITED : Lazarus v Deutsche Lufthansa AG (1985) 1 NSWLR 188 Moore & Anor v Australian Broadcasting Commission A.Def.R. (50,010) Rogers v 2UE Sydney Pty Limited (unreported, Levine J, 6 November 1998) Williams v Radio 2UE & Hadley (unreported, Levine J, 3 December 1993) DECISION : See para 52
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