NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : STRASBERG v WESTFIELD LIMITED [2003] NSWSC 979 HEARING DATE(S) : 28 October 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 29 October 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Levine J DECISION : Motion dismissed with costs. Exhibits to be retained.
CATCHWORDS : Defamation - false imprisonment - trial by jury - Defamation Act 1974 s7A - Supreme Court Act former s88 Courts Legislation Amendment (Civil Juries) Act 2001 s4 LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 1974 s7A Interpretation Act 1987 s30(1) Supreme Court Act 1970 former s88 Bass & Anor v Permanent Trustee Company Ltd & Ors (1999) 198 CLR 334 Fidelitas Shipping Co Ltd v V/O Exportchleb [1966] 1QB 630 CASES CITED : McDonald v Coles Myer Ltd (1995) Aust Torts Reports 81-361 Myer Stores Ltd v Soo [1991] 2 VR 597 Strasberg v Westfield Ltd t/as Westfield Hornsby (2002) 56 NSWLR 47 MARIE-ANN STRASBERG (Plaintiff)
PARTIES : v
WESTFIELD LIMITED t/a WESTFIELD HORNSBY (Defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20867 OF 2001 C Evatt (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : G Reynolds SC / R McHugh (Defendant) Ward Maxwell & Co (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Speed & Stracey (Defendant)
[2003] NSWSC 979 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION DEFAMATION LIST
JUSTICE DAVID LEVINE
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