Craftsman Homes Australia Pty Ltd & Ors v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd & Ors [2002] NSWSC 555

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Craftsman Homes Australia Pty Ltd & Ors v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd & Ors [2002] NSWSC 555 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20085 OF 2002 HEARING DATE(S) : 12 June 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 June 2002

CRAFTSMAN HOMES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD(First Plaintiff) ILVARIY PTY LTD (t/as CRAFTSMAN HOMES NORTHERN RIVERS AND CRAFTSMAN HOMES SOUTH-WEST SYDNEY) (Second Plaintiff) FREDERICK ROBERT COX (Third Plaintiff)

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NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (First Defendant) PARTIES : MIKE MUNRO (Second Defendant) BEN FORDHAM (Third Defendant) WAYNE MOSS (Fourth Defendant) JACLYN BURROWS-MOSS (Fifth Defendant) NOEL ALLEN (Sixth Defendant) ANNE ALLEN (Seventh Defendant) IAN VIMPANY (Eighth Defendant) GLORIA VIMPANY (Ninth Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Levine J

AB Shand QC B Kinsella COUNSEL : (First, Second and Third Plaintiffs)

B McClintock SC (First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Defendants) Walters Solicitors (First, Second and Third Plaintiffs) SOLICITORS : Gilbert & Tobin (First, Second and Third Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Defamation - multiple defendants - liability for publication - requirement for proper pleading and particularization - identification - imputations - capacity Greek Herald Pty Ltd v Nickolopoulos [2000] NSWCA 4 CASES CITED : Morris v Newcastle Newspapers Pty Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 260 Sarma v The Federal Capital Press of Australia Pty Ltd [2002] NSWCA 93 DECISION : See paragraph 21