Purcell v Cruising Yacht Club of Australia [2001] NSWSC 257

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Purcell v Cruising Yacht Club of Australia [2001] NSWSC 257 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20473/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 20/3/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 10 April 2001

Richard Gordon Purcell (First Plaintiff) Allure Marketing Pty Limitted (Second Plaintiff) PARTIES : Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Pty Ltd (First Defendant) Johanne Christian Hugo Van Kretschmar (Second Defendant) Peter Bush (Third Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Newman AJ at 1

Mr T Tobin QC (Plaintiffs) COUNSEL : Mr R McHugh (Plaintiffs) Ms L McCallum (Defendants) SOLICITORS : Hunt Partners (Plaintiffs) Corrs Chambers Westgarth (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Defamation - Tort of Injurious Falsehood - Defamatory matter in broadcast and speech - Whether Plaintiffs' extrinsic facts manifestly incorrect LEGISLATION CITED : Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) Amalgamated Television Services Pty Limited v Marsden (1988) 43 NSWLR 158 Brown v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Unreported, Hunt J, Supreme Court of NSW, 4 May 1987) General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Giraffe World Australia Pty Limited v ACCC [1999] ATPR 41 Gorton v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1973) 1 ACTR 6 CASES CITED : Mirror Newspapers Ltd v Harrison (1982) 149 CLR 293 Mirror Newspapers Ltd v World Hosts Pty Ltd (1979) 141 CLR 632 Morosi v Broadcasting Station 2GB Pty Limited [1980] 2 NSWLR 418 Ratcliffe v Evans (1892) 2 QB 524 Riding v Smith (1876) 1 Ex D 91 Smith v Spooner (1810) 3 Taunt 246 Spautz v Williams (1983) 2 NSWLR 506 DECISION : See Paragraph 49