Waterhouse v Perkins [2000] NSWSC 611

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Waterhouse v Perkins [2000] NSWSC 611 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division Defamation List FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 13146/91; 21381/96 HEARING DATE(S) : 15 & 16 June 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 June 2000

Martin Otto Waterhouse (Plaintiff) Kevin Perkins (1st Defendant) No. 13146/91 Gordon & Gotch Limited (2nd Defendant) Capricon Link (Australia) Pty Limited (3rd Defendant) PARTIES : McPhersons Limited t/as The Book Printer (4th Defendant) No. 21381/96 718932 Pty Limited (formerly known as Globe Press Pty Limited) (2nd Defendant) Capricon Link (Australia) Pty Limited (3rd Defendant) David Inwood (4th Defendant) Yvonne Inwood (5th Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Dunford J

TK Tobin QC / RA Campbell (Plaintiff) PJ Beazley (Solicitor) (1st Def) COUNSEL : BAM Connell (2nd Def) DA Caspersonn (4th Def - No. 13146/91) MG Stubbs (5th Def - No. 21381/96)

Waterhouse Solicitors (Plaintiff) Philip J Beazley (1st Def) (No. 13146/91) Bush Burke & Company (2nd Def) SOLICITORS : Gye Associates (3rd Def) Minter Ellison (4th Def) (No. 21381/96) Bush Burke & Company (2nd Def) Gye Associates (3rd & 4th Defs) Stephen Blanks & Associates (5th Def) CATCHWORDS : INTERLOCUTORY JUDGMENTS - when issues can be re-litigated. DEFAMATION - imputations. Brimaud v Honeysett (McLelland J - 19 September 1998); Collier v Howard (McLelland J - 23 April 1996); Amalgamated Television Services Ltd v Marsden [1999] NSWCA 313; CASES CITED : Monte v Mirror Newspapers (1979) 2 NSWLR 663; Hepburn v TCN Channel 9 (1984) 1 NSWLR 386; Morris v Newcastle Newspapers Limited (1985) 1 NSWLR 260; Kermode v John Fairfax Limited [2000] NSWSC 124; Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden (1998) 43 NSWLR 158. DECISION : See paras 43 - 47.