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New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Sutherland v ACP Publishing Pty Limited [2000] NSWSC 1139 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20543/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 1 December 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 8 December 2000
PARTIES : Donald Sutherland (Plt) ACP Publishing Pty Limited (Def) JUDGMENT OF : Levine J
COUNSEL : J S Wheelhouse (Plt) B McClintock SC (Def) SOLICITORS : Tress Cocks & Madox (Plt) Gilbert & Tobin (Def) CATCHWORDS : strike out application - defences of comment - contextual truth and unlikelihood of harm - post s 7A trial LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 1974 David Syme & Co Limited v Lloyd (1984) 3 NSWLR 346 (Privy Council) 1985 3 NSWLR 725 Bob Kay Real Estate Pty Limited v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Limited (1985) 1 NSWLR 505 Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd v Parker (192) 29 NSWLR 448 New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v Perkins (1998) 45 NSWLR 340 Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd v Goldsworthy [2000] NSWCA 130 (23 May 2000) Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden (1998) 43 NSWLR 158 CASES CITED : McBride v ABC [2000] NSWSC 747 (4 August 2000) Jackson v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1981) 1 NSWLR 36 Waterhouse & Anor v Hickie (1995) Aust Torts Reports 81-347 Morosi v Mirror Newspapers Ltd (1977) 2 NSWLR 749 Chappell v Mirror Newspapers Ltd (1984) Aust Torts Reports 80-691 King and Mergen Holdings Pty Ltd v McKenzie (1991) 24 NSWLR 305 Perkins v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (unreported, 15 August 1997) Uren v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1965-1966] 117 CLR 118 DECISION : See para 51
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