NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Harris v Perkins [2001] NSWSC 258 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 21479/96 HEARING DATE(S) : 15/3/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 10 April 2001
Arthur Harris (Plaintiff) Kevin Perkins (First Defendant) PARTIES : 718932 Pty Ltd (Formerly Globe Press Pty Limited) (Second Defendant) Capricorn Link (Australia) Pty Limited (Third Defendant) William Stanley Waterhouse (Fourth Defendant) Robert Waterhouse (Fifth Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Newman AJ at 1
Mr D Campbell (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : Mr B McClintock (Second Defendant) Mr C A Evatt (Fourth and Fifth Defendants) SOLICITORS : Verekers Solicitors (Plaintiff) Ramrakha Jenkins Solicitors (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Defamation - Interlocutory Judgment - Publication of Book LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 Limitation Act 1969 Baxter v Obacelo Pty Limited (2000) 48 NSWLR 522 Brinsmead v Harrison (1872) LR7CP 584 Dillingham Constructions Pty Limited v Steel Mains Pty Limited (1975) 49 ALJR 233 Duke of Brunswick v Harmer (1849) 14 QB 185 CASES CITED : General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 McLean v David Syme & Co Limited (1970) 72 SR (NSW) 513 The Koursk [1924] P 140 Toomey v Mirror Newspapers Limited (1985) 1 NSWLR 173 XL Petroleum (NSW) Pty Limited v Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Limited (1985) 155 CLR 448 DECISION : See Paragraphs 30, 31
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