NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : SHALOUB v BUCHANAN [2003] NSWSC 681 HEARING DATE(S) : 7 November 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 July 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Levine J DECISION : I decline to order a separate trial pursuant to SCR Pt 31 r 2. ; The defendant's notice of motion is dismissed with costs. I place the matter in the Registrar's Defamation Directions List on 22 August 2003
CATCHWORDS : Defamation - slander - refusal of SCR Pr 31 r 2 application in respect of "immmunity" defence under s583 Local Government Act 1919 LEGISLATION CITED : s583 Local Government Act 1919 Board of Fire Commissioners (NSW) v Ardouin (1961) 109 CLR 105 Hudson v Vanderheld (1968) 118 CLR 171 CASES CITED : Little v The Commonwealth (1947) 75 CLR 94 Love v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1980] 2 NSWLR 112 McCarron v Boree Shire Council [1971] 1 NSWLR 638 NEVILLE JOHN SHALOUB (Plaintiff)
PARTIES : v
JOHN BUCHANAN (Defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 19213 OF 1993 T Hale SC / E White (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : JS Wheelhouse (Defendant) Ormsby Flower (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Harrington Maguire & O'Brien (Defendant)
[2003] NSWSC 681 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION DEFAMATION LIST
JUSTICE DAVID LEVINE
WEDNESDAY 30 JULY 2003
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