NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Whelan & Anor v John Fairfax Publications Limited & 2 Ors [2000] NSWSC 816 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20499 of 1998; 20502 of 1998; 20503 of 1998; 20556 of 1999 HEARING DATE(S) : 3 August 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 August 2000
PAUL FRANCIS PATRICK WHELAN (First Plaintiff)
COLLEEN WHELAN (Second Plaintiff)
v PARTIES : JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS LIMITED (First Defendant)
DARREN GOODSIR (Second Defendant)
HEATH GILMORE (Third Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Levine J
T Tobin Q.C. P Gray (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : S Rares S.C. A Abadee (Defendant) Jones Staff & Co (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Freehill Hollingdale & Page (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Imputations - capacity - form - "corrupt" CASES CITED : Drummoyne Municipal Council v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1990) 21 NSWLR 135 Young & Ors v Munro & Anor (Levine J, unreported, 12 May 1995) DECISION : See paragraph 15
DLJ: 1 CAV [2000] NSWSC 816 THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION DEFAMATION LIST No. 20499 of 1998 No. 20502 of 1998 No. 20503 of 1998 No. 20556 of 1999
JUSTICE DAVID LEVINE
FRIDAY 18 AUGUST 2000
PAUL FRANCIS PATRICK WHELAN (First Plaintiff) COLLEEN WHELAN (Second Plaintiff)
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