NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : O'SHANE v FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS PTY LTD [2002] NSWSC 807 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20527 OF 2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 3 September 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 11 September 2002
PATRICIA JUNE O'SHANE (Plaintiff)
PARTIES : v
JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS PTY LTD (ACN 003 357 720) (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Levine J
R Weaver (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : W Nicholas QC (Defendant) Aitken McLachlan & Thorpe (Planitiff) SOLICITORS : Freehills (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Defamation Act 1974 - s48 - mitigation of damages - case particularised as to another action on publication to same purport or effect - requirement for discovery LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 1974 Carson v John Fairfax & Anor (1992-3) 178 CLR 44 Dingle v Associated Newspapers Ltd [1964] AC 371 CASES CITED : Harris v Perkins, 1 April 1993 [1993] A Def R 42,537 Thompson v Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd & Ors (1997) 129 ACTR 14 Uren v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1965) 66 SR (NSW) 223 DECISION : See paragraph 24
DLJ: 1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION defamation list
JUSTICE DAVID LEVINE
WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2002
20527 OF 2000 PATRICIA JUNE O'SHANE (Plaintiff)
v
JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS PTY LTD (ACN 003 357 720) (Defendant)
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