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New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Harvey v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2000] NSWSC 337 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Civil FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20002/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 14 April 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 20 April 2000
PARTIES : John Harvey v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd JUDGMENT OF : Bell J
COUNSEL : Mr McClintock SC (Plaintiff) Mr Blackburn (Defendant) SOLICITORS : Michell Sillar Australian & International Attorneys (Plaintiff) Freehill Hollingdale & Page (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Defamation - Capacity of the matter complained of to carry imputations pleaded LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 1974 (NSW) Singleton v Ffrench (1986) 5 NSWLR 425 Farquhar v Bottom [1980] 2 NSWLR 380 Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden (1998) 43 NSWLR 158 CASES CITED : Lewis v Daily Telegraph Ltd [1964] AC 234 Mirror Newspapers Ltd v Harrison (1982) 149 CLR 293 Singleton v John Fairfax and Sons Ltd (Unreported, NSWSC, Hunt J, 20 February 1980) Bishop v Latimer (1861) 4 L. T. (N. S.) 775 Monte v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1979] 2 NSWLR 663 DECISION : (i) Imputations 3(b), 3(c) & 3(d) will go to the jury; (ii) Imputations 3(a) & 3(e) are struck out; (iii) The plaintiff is granted leave to replead imputations 3(a) & 3(e); (iv) Each party to pay his/its own costs.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION DEFAMATION LIST
Thursday 20th April 2000
BELL J
JOHN HARVEY v JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS PTY LTD ACN OO3 357 720
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