NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Harris v Perkins & Ors [2003] NSWSC 886 HEARING DATE(S) : 18/09/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 2 October 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Cripps AJ at 1 DECISION : Application that third further amended statement of claim be dismissed or permanently sayed be dismissed.
Defamation Act 1974 LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 Supreme Court Rules CASES CITED : Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 589 Arthur Harris (plaintiff) Kevin Perkins (first defendant) PARTIES : 718932 Pty Ltd (Formerly Globe Press Pty Limited) (second defendant) Capricorn Link (Australia) Pty Limited (third defendant) William Stanley Waterhouse (fourth defendant) Robert Waterhouse (fifth defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 21479/96 COUNSEL : D Campbell SC - plaintiff C Evatt - fourth and fifth defendants SOLICITORS : Verekers - plaintiff Ramrakha Jenkins solicitors - defendants
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION DEFAMATION LIST
CRIPPS AJ Thursday, 2 October, 2003
21479/96 - Arthur Harris v Kevin Perkins & 4 Ors
JUDGMENT 1 HIS HONOUR: The single issue for determination in the notice of motion is whether the plaintiff, Mr Harris, is precluded from maintaining against the defendants, William Stanley Waterhouse and Robert Waterhouse, that they published defamatory material of and concerning him and/or that the republication of defamatory material was the natural and probable consequence of their publication.
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