Strasberg v Westfield Ltd [2002] NSWSC 340

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Strasberg v Westfield Ltd [2002] NSWSC 340 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20867 of 2001 HEARING DATE(S) : 20 February 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 April 2002

MARIE-ANN STRASBERG (Plaintiff)

PARTIES : v

WESTFIELD LTD t/a WESTFIELD HORNSBY (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Levine J

C Evatt (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : R McHugh (Defendant) Ward Maxwell & Co (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Speed and Stracey (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Oral publications - imputations - capacity - form - difference in substance - false imprisonment - pleading requirements Amalgamated Telvision Services v Marsden (1998) 43 NSWLR 158 Boyd v Mirror Newspapers Ltd (1980) 2 NSWLR 449 Chakravarti v Advertiser Newspapers Ltd (1988) 193 CLR 519 Cowell v Corrective Services Commission (1988) 13 NSWLR 714 Drummoyne Municipal Council v The Australian Broadcasting Commission (1990) 21 NSWLR 135 Greek Herald Pty Ltd v Nikolopoulos & Ors [2002] NSWCA 41 Jackson v John Fairfax and Sons Ltd [1981] 1 NSWLR 36 Jones v Skelton (1963) 63 SR(NSW) 644 CASES CITED : Lewis v Daily Telegraph Ltd [1964] AC 234 Lippl v Haines (1989) 18 NSWLR 620 McCormick v John Fairfax and Sons Ltd (1989) 16 NSWLR 485 Mirror Newspapers Limited v Harrison (1982) 149 CLR 293 Moore v Australian Broadcasting Commision (1985) A Def R 50010 Nugawela v Crampton, unreported, Levine J, 31 January 1996 and 6 February 1996 Singleton v John Fairfax and Sons Ltd, unreported, Hunt J, 20 February 1980 Slatyer v Daily Telegraph Newspaper Co (1907) 7 SR(NSW) 488 Williams v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd, unreported,Levine J, 3 December 1993 DECISION : See paragraph 47