DOAN & ANOR v ADVANCED MICRODEVICES & ORS [2003] NSWSC 560

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : DOAN & ANOR v ADVANCED MICRODEVICES & ORS [2003] NSWSC 560 HEARING DATE(S) : 20 December 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 June 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Levine J DECISION : 1. The plaintiffs within 14 days are to file an amended statement of claim in accordance only with these reasons.; 2. The defendants are to pay the plaintiffs' costs.; 3. I place the matter in the Registrar's Defamation Directions List on 11 July 2003.

CATCHWORDS : Publication - republication - particulars - imputations of a corporation - capacity - difference in substance CASES CITED : Armitage v Double Bay Newspapers Pty Ltd (NSWSC, unreported, 26 September 1991) Griffith v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2003] NSWSC 298 NGAT DOAN (First plaintiff)

APD INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD (ACN 060 392 556) (Second plaintiff)

v PARTIES : ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC (First defendant)

PENTON MEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (ACN 095 358 802) (Second defendant)

PAUL BROWN (Third defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20431 OF 2002 T Molomby SC (Plaintiffs)

C Henderson (First defendant) COUNSEL : G Hryce (Second defendant)

T Blackburn (Third defendant) Verekers (Plaintiffs)

Tress Cocks & Maddox (First defendant) SOLICITORS : Corrs Chambers Westgarth (Second defendant)