The Star Hotel Holdings Pty Ltd v Newcastle Newspapers Pty Ltd & Anor [2001] NSWSC 53

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : The Star Hotel Holdings Pty Ltd v Newcastle Newspapers Pty Ltd & Anor [2001] NSWSC 53 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20086/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 07/02/01; 08/02/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 February 2001

PARTIES : The Star Hotel Holdings Pty Ltd v Newcastle Newspapers Pty Ltd t/a The Newcastle Herald & Anor JUDGMENT OF : Whealy J at 1

COUNSEL : Mr Clive Evatt - Plaintiff Mr Mark Lynch - Defendants Hovan & Co - Plaintiff SOLICITORS : Mark Polden (Sol) - John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd - Defendant Defamation Act s 15(2)(b) LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act s 31 Defamation Act s 22 Church of Scientology v Reader's Digest (1980) 1 NSWLR 344 at 349F-350A Chappell v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd (1988) 14 NSWLR 153 Car Lovers Car Wash Limited & Ors v Sahathevan (2000) NSWSC 947 Levine J para 43 CASES CITED : Macquarie Bank Limited v Charles Berg (1999) NSWSC Simpson J para 16 Hemmes v Seven Network Limited (2000) NSWSC 246 Barbaro v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 30 at 40B Bellino v Australian Broadcasting Commission (1996) 185 CLR 183 at 220, 211 DECISION : I order that the injunction granted on 5 February 2001 be at an end. I decline to make an order retraining the defendants from publishing or causing to be published in the "Newcastle Herald" imputations of an concerning the plaintiff to the effect of the matters stated in paras (a) to (f) in the amended summons filed on 7 February 2001. Summons dismissed. Plaintiff to pay the defendants' costs.