NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Warton [2002] NSWCA 377 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40516/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 2 August 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 21 November 2002
PARTIES : Nationwide News Pty Ltd (Appellant) Vlad Warton (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Handley JA at 1; Heydon JA at 2; Hodgson JA at 63
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT SC 20346/00 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Badgery-Parker AJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Mr G O'L Reynolds SC/Mr J O Hmelnitsky (Appellant) Mr C A Evatt/Mr J C Henness (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Blake Dawson (Appellant) Benjamin & Khoury (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Tort - defamation - newspaper article - allegedly carrying defamatory imputations - jury verdict as to imputations - whether imputations open to jury - whether appeal required leave or lay as of right - D Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden (1998) 43 NSWLR 158 Bishop v Latimer (1861) 4 LT (NS) 775 Boyd v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1982] 2 NSWLR 449 CASES CITED: O'Shaughnessy v Mirror Newspapers Ltd (1970) 125 CLR 166 Penton v Calwell (1945) 70 CLR 219 Singleton v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (Supreme Court of New South Wales, 20 February 1980, unreported, Hunt J) Strasberg v Westfield Ltd [2002] NSWSC 689 Warren v Tweed Shire Council [2002] NSWSC 211 DECISION : See paragraph 62
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40516/01 SC 20346/00
HANDLEY JA HEYDON JA HODGSON JA
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