NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : GRIFFITH & ORS v JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS PTY LTD & ORS [2002] NSWSC 806 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20301 OF 2001 HEARING DATE(S) : 2 September 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 11 September 2002
JEREMY NORMAN GRIFFITH (First Plaintiff)
FOUNDATION FOR HUMANITY'S ADULTHOOD (ACN 003 930 023) (Second Plaintiff)
TIMOTHY JOHN MACARTNEY-SNAPE (Third Plaintiff)
THE PERSONS NAMED IN SCHEDULE "A" PARTIES : (Fourth Plaintiffs)
v
JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS Pty Ltd (ACN 003 357 720) (First Defendant)
DAVID MILLIKAN (Second Defendant)
WILLIAM ANTHONY McCLELLAND (TRADING AS "CULTAWARE") (Third Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Levine J
K Smark (Plaintiffs) COUNSEL : P Menadue (Defendants)) Schweizer & Co (Plaintiffs) SOLICITORS : Freehills (First and Scond Defendants)
CATCHWORDS : leave to amend - "strike in" of whole matter complained of - "fresh" imputations - "out of time" as causes of action - - SCR Pt 20 r 4(5) LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 1974 SCR Pt 20 r 4(5) Burke v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd, Levine J, unreported, 16 December 1994 Gill v Eatts & Ors (1999) Australia Torts Rep 81-529 Gordon v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd & Anor (1980) 2 NSWLR 410 CASES CITED : Keating v Newcastle Newspapers Pty Ltd [2000] NSWSC 726 McCarey v Associated Newspapers Ltd (1965) 2 QB 86 McGee v Yeomans [1977] 1 NSWLR 273 Murphy v Nationwide News, Levine J, unreported, 1 April 1993 Ron Hodgson (Trading) Pty Ltd v Belvedere Motors (Hurstville) Pty Ltd & Ors (1971) 1 NSWLR 472 DECISION : See paragraph 12
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