Cohen v Sir Moses Montefiore Jewish Home & 3 Ors [2003] NSWSC 502

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Cohen v Sir Moses Montefiore Jewish Home & 3 Ors [2003] NSWSC 502 HEARING DATE(S) : 19 May 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 13 June 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Simpson J DECISION : (i) Imputations (a)(ii), (a)(iii), (a)(iv) and (a)(v) are struck out; (ii) imputations (b)(ii), (b)(iii), (b)(iv) and (b)(v) are struck out; (iii) imputation (c)(ii) is struck out; (iv) imputations (d)(i), (d)(ii), (d)(v), (d)(x), (d)(xi), (d)(xiii), (d)(xiv) and (d)(xvi) are struck out; (v) imputations (e)(xx) and (e)(xxi) are struck out; (vi) imputations (f)(xx) and (f)(xxi) are struck out; (vii) imputation (g)(i) is struck out; (viii) imputations (h)(ii) and (h)(iv) are struck out; (ix) imputation (i)(iv) is struck out; (x) imputations (j)(i), (j)(ii), (j)(iii), (j(iv), (j)(v), (j)(vi), (j)(vii), (j)(viii), (j)(ix), (j)(xiv) and (j)(xvi) are struck out; (xi) imputations (k)(ii), (k)(iii), (k)(v), (k)(vii) and (k)(viii) are struck out; (xii) paragraph 13 will be struck out in relation to the first, second, third, fourth, seventh, eighth and eleventh matters complained of; (xiii) in the ninth and tenth matters complained of imputations 13(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) will be struck out; (xiv) the plaintiff is to have liberty to replead.

CATCHWORDS : defamation - imputations - capacity to convey imputations - capacity to defame - differences in substance LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 1974, (NSW) s7A Supreme Court Rules Part 67, Rule 11(3) Drummoyne Municipal Council v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1990) 21 NSWLR 135 CASES CITED : Greek Herald Pty Ltd v Nikolopolous [2002] NSWCA 41; 54 NSWLR 165 Ma Ching Kwan v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd, NSWCA, unreported, 30 July 1998 Y L Cohen - Plaintiff Sir Moses Montefiore Jewish Home - 1st Defendant PARTIES : Robert Orie - 2nd Defendant Leonard Karpin - 3rd Defendant Brian Levitan - 4th Defendant FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20029/03 COUNSEL : A Blank - Plaintiff TD Blackburn - Defendants SOLICITORS : HM Symonds & Britten - Plaintiff Minter Ellison - Defendants