NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : YOUNAN v NATIONWIDE NEWS PTY LTD [2003] NSWSC 1211 HEARING DATE(S) : 16 December 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 December 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Levine J DECISION : 1. In respect of imputation 5.3, verdict for the defendant.; 2. Imputation 5.4 is capable of being carried and capable of being defamatory.; 3. Imputation 5.5 has been abandoned.; 4. I direct the defendant to file its defence to the s7A issues by 31 January 2004.; 5. Pursuant to SCR Pt 31 r 2 I order a separate trial of the issues joined between the parties on the pleadings by a jury pursuant to s7A of the Defamation Act 1974.; 6. I place the matter in the list to be called up for that trial.; 7. Each party is to pay his and its own costs.
CATCHWORDS : Imputations - capacity - capacity to be defamatory - police informer RAYMOND MITCHELL YOUNAN (Plaintiff)
PARTIES : v
NATIONWIDE NEWS PTY LTD (ACN 008 438 828) (Defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20232 OF 2003 M B Evans (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : D Sibtain (Defendant) James A Hall (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Blake Dawson Waldron (Defendant)
- 1 - Ex tempore: revised [2003] NSWSC 1211 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION DEFAMATION LIST
JUSTICE DAVID LEVINE
TUESDAY 16 DECEMBER 2003
20232 OF 2003
RAYMOND MITCHELL YOUNAN (Plaintiff)
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