NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : PHELPS v NATIONWIDE NEWS & ANOR [2003] NSWSC 614 HEARING DATE(S) : 26 June 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 June 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Levine J DECISION : 1 I enter a verdict for the defendant in respect of imputation 4(a).; 2 Imputations 4(b)-(g) will go to the jury; 3 I direct the plaintiff to file an amended statement of claim within seven days, and the defendant to file its s 7A defence within fourteen days thereafter.; 4 Pursuant to SCR Pt 31 r 2 I order the trial by jury of the issues joined between the parties under s7A of the Defamation Act 1974.; 5 I place the matter in the list to be called up for trial by jury. ; 6 The defendant is to pay the plaintiff's costs.
CATCHWORDS : Defamation - imputations - capacity KERRYN PHELPS (Plaintiff)
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PARTIES : NATIONWIDE NEWS PTY LTD (ACN 008 438 828) (First defendant)
PIERS AKERMAN (Second defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20092 OF 2003 B McClintock SC (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : T Blackburn (Defendants) Diamond Peisah &Co (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Blake Dawson Waldron (Defendants)
Ex tempore: revised [203] NSWSC 614 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION DEFAMATION LIST
JUSTICE DAVID LEVINE
THURSDAY 26 JUNE 2003
20092 OF 2003
KERRYN PHELPS (Plaintiff)
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