NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Mortimer v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 450 revised - 28/06/2001 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Civil FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20566/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 23/05/01 - 24/05/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 May 2001
PARTIES : David Allen Mortimer (Plt) Nationwide News Pty Ltd (Def) JUDGMENT OF : McClellan J
COUNSEL : M Neil QC/D Caspersonn (Plt) G O'L Reynolds SC/A Leopold (Def) SOLICITORS : Baker & McKenzie (Plt) Blake Dawson Waldron (Def) CATCHWORDS : Defamation - Defamation List Practice Note 114 - Part 67 r 12A SCR LEGISLATION CITED : Pt 31 SCR Pt 67 r 12A SCR Port Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 589 John Fairfax & Sons Limited v Foord (1988) 12 NSWLR 706 Lloyd v David Syme & Co Limited (1985) 3 NSWLR 728 Brimaud v Honeysett Instant Print Limited (Supreme Court, 19 September 1988) Amalgamated Television Services v Marsden (1998) 43 NSWLR 158 CASES CITED : Amalgamated Television Services v Marsden [1999] NSWCA 313 Bass v Permanent Trustee Co Limited (1999) 198 CLR 334 Farquhar v Bottom (1980) 2 NSWLR 380 Fidelitas Shipping Co Limited v V/O Exportshleb [1966] 1 QB 630 State Pollution Control Commission v Australian Iron & Steel Pty Limited (1993) 29 NSWLR 487 State of Queensland & Anor v JL Holdings Pty Limited (1997) 189 CLR 146 DECISION : See paras 36, 47, 50, 53
THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION
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