NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : EL-AZZI v NATIONWIDE NEWS PTY LTD [2004] NSWSC 1057 HEARING DATE(S) : 27 October 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 27 October 2004
JUDGMENT OF : Levine J DECISION : 1 No evidence of a predominant motive actuating publication of the matter complained of; 2 Decline to leave the issue of malice to the jury
CATCHWORDS : Defamation - whether issue of malice should go to the jury LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 1974 s 22 Barbaro v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 30 Bass v TCN Channel Nine [2003] NSWCA 118 CASES CITED : Godfrey v Henderson (1944) 44 SR (NSW) 447 Hanrahan v Ainsworth (1990) 22NSWLR 73 McKenzie v Mergan Holdings Pty Ltd (1990) 20 NSWLR 42 Roberts v Bass (2002) 212 CLR 1 WILLIAM EL-AZZI (Plaintiff)
PARTIES : v
NATIONWIDE NEWS PTY LTD (Defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 10930 OF 1993 R Rasmussen (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : T Blackburn SC / J Hmelnitsky (Defendant) Kings Lawyers (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Blake Dawson Waldron (Defendant)
DLJ:19 Ex tempore: revised [2004] NSWSC 1057 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION DEFAMATION LIST
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