NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Waterhouse v David Syme & Co Ltd & 2 Ors [2000] NSWSC 817 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20876 of 1997 HEARING DATE(S) : 27 August 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 August 2000
ROBERT WATERHOUSE (Plaintiff)
v
DAVID SYME & CO LTD PARTIES : (First Defendant)
JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS LIMITED (Second Defendant)
ARTHUR HARRIS (Third Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Levine J
M Rollinson (Plaintiff)
COUNSEL : J Sackar Q.C. (First & Second Defendant)
In Person (Third Defendant) Brock Partners (Plaintiff)
SOLICITORS : Minter Ellison (First Defendant)
Freehill Hollingdale & Page (Second Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Imputations - capacity - form Amalgamated Television Services Pty Limited v Marsden (1998) 43 NSWLR 158 Burrows v Knightley (1987) 10 NSWLR 651 Hall v Mostyn (unreported, 18 March 1983) Jackson v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Limited (1981) 1 NSWLR 36 Livingstone-Thomas v Associated Newspapers Limited (1969) 90 WN (Pt 1) (NSW) 233 CASES CITED : Mayfield-Smith v Mirror Newspapers Limited (1982) 2 NSWLR 419 Mirror Newspapers Limited v Harrison (1982) 149 CLR 293 Nicholson v Seidler (1990) 5 BR 363 Readers Digest Services Pty Limited v Lam (1981-1982) 150 CLR 500 Rivkin v John Fairfax Publications Limited (Levine J, unreported, 17 July 1998) Truth (NZ) v Holloway (1960) 1 WLR 997 DECISION : See paragraph 37
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