NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : SAFFRON v JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS PTY LTD [2003] NSWSC 320 HEARING DATE(S) : 14 April 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 17 April 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Levine J DECISION : 1. Imputations 3(a), (h) and (k) are struck out.; 2. Imputations 3(b), (d), (f), (g), (i), (j) and (m) and 3A(a) are incapable as a matter of law of being carried by the matter complained of.; 3. The plaintiff has leave to file an amended statement of claim within 14 days of today.; 4. The plaintiff is to pay the defendant's costs.; 5. The action is listed in the Registrar's Defamation Directions List on 2 May 2003.
CATCHWORDS : Imputations - capacity -form Fullam v Newcastle Chronicle [1977] 1 WLR 651 CASES CITED : Grappelli v Derek Block (Holdings) [1981] 1 WLR 822 Grubb v Bristol United Press Ltd (1963) 1 QB 309 Jackson v John Fairfax Publications & Sons Ltd [1981] 1 NSWLR 36 ABE SAFFRON (Plaintiff)
PARTIES : v
JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS PTY LTD (Defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20556 OF 2002 C Evatt (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : T Blackburn (Defendant) Brock Partners (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Defendant)
[2003] NSWSC 320 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION DEFAMATION LIST
JUSTICE DAVID LEVINE
THURSDAY 17 APRIL 2003
20556 OF 2002 ABE SAFFRON (Plaintiff)
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