NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : EDWARD OBEID v JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS PTY LTD [2003] NSWSC 967 HEARING DATE(S) : 22/10/03 - 23/10/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 October 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Levine J DECISION : Jury discharged
CATCHWORDS : Defamation - s7A trial - counsel's addresses - issues relating to "guilt/suspicion" - publisher's intention and adoption - application for discharge of jury Ainsworth Nominees Pty Ltd v Hanrahan (1982) 2 NSWLR 823 Gillespie v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 353 CASES CITED : Mirror Newspapers Limited v Harrison (1984) 149 CLR 293 Morgan v John Fairfax (1988) 13 NSWLR 208 Nationwide News Pty Limited v Heggie [2001] NSWCA 257 EDWARD OBEID (Plaintiff)
PARTIES : v
JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS PTY LTD (Defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20387 OF 2003 B McClintock SC/M Richardson (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : G Reynolds SC/K Smark (Defendant) Gilbert + Tobin (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Freehills (Defendant)
- 1 - Ex tempore: revised [2003] NSWSC 967 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION DEFAMATION LIST
JUSTICE DAVID LEVINE
THURSDAY 23 OCTOBER 2003
20387 OF 2003
EDWARD OBEID (Plaintiff)
v
John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd (Defendant)
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