NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Murphy v Nationwide News Pty Limited [2000] NSWSC 813 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20112 of 1998 HEARING DATE(S) : 4 August 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 August 2000
CHRISTOPHER MURPHY (Plaintiff)
PARTIES : v
NATIONWIDE NEWS PTY LIMITED (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Levine J
Mr B McClintock S.C. Mr Richardson COUNSEL : (Plaintiff)
Mr T Blackburn (Defendant) Gilbert & Tobin (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Blake Dawson Waldron (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Malice - particulars - SCR Pt 22 - Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s 131 - question of admissibility for trial - order for particular discovery - falsity of imputations - discretion LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Supreme Court Rules Abrook & Ors v Patterson & Ors (Branson J, unreported, 18 September 1995) Austotel Management Pty Limited & Anor v Jamieson & Ors (1995) 57 FCR 411 Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Curran (1984) 3 FCR 240 CASES CITED : Field v Commissioner for Railways for NSW (1957) 99 CLR 285 Kurtz & Co v Spence & Sons (1887) 58 LT 438 Rush & Tomkins Limited v Greater London Council (1989) AC 1280 Tabe v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Limited [1987] A Def R. 50,025 DECISION : See paragraph 50
DLJ: 2 CAV [2000] NSWSC 813
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