NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 67 NSWLR 434
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Jones v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd & Anor [2005] NSWSC 1133
HEARING DATE(S) : Tuesday 29 March 2005
JUDGMENT DATE : 9 November 2005
JUDGMENT OF : Simpson J
DECISION : (i) the plaintiff's notice of motion is dismissed; (ii) the defendants' notice of motion is dismissed.
CATCHWORDS : defamation - jury finding one imputation conveyed and defamatory - plaintiff pleads publication "throughout Australia" - plaintiff seeks leave to amend statement of claim or to discontinue interstate claims - SRC Pt 21 R 2, UCPR Pt 2 R 2 - defendants seek leave to amend their defence - when defamation trial begins - when hearing of proceedings on defamation claim begins - defence of truth - whether a defence of truth at common law available in NSW - whether Defamation Act 1974 (NSW) s15 is unconstitutional and invalid - whether Polly Peck defence available in NSW - whether defence of partial justification available in NSW - whether s15 interferes with constitutional freedom of communication, interstate intercourse - discrimination between residents of different states
Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (Cth) Defamation Act 1974 (NSW) s7A, s9, s11, s15, s16, s22 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s78B LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970, SCR Part 21 Rule 2, SCR Part 15 Rule 26, SCR Part 67 Rule 11(3) , Civil Procedure Act 2005, UCPR Part 14 Rule 28 Constitution of Australia s92, s117
Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd & Ors v The Commonwealth of Australia [1992] HCA 45; 177 CLR 106 Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v South Australia [1990] HCA 1; 169 CLR 436 Chakravarti v Advertiser Newspapers Ltd [1998] HCA 36; 193 CLR 159 Cole v Whitfield [1988] HCA 18; 165 CLR 360 Cunliffe v The Commonwealth [1994] HCA 44; 182 CLR 272 David Syme & Co Ltd v Hore-Lacy [2000] VSCA 24; 1 VR 667 Dr Manock v Advertiser News-Weekend Publishing Co Ltd [2004] SASC 164 Flick v Nash NSWCA 518 of 1986, unreported 9 February 1987 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd & Anor v Jones [2004] NSWCA 205 Jones v John Fairfax Publication Pty Ltd & Anor [1999] NSWSC 892 CASES CITED : Jones v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd & Anor [2002] NSWSC 1211 John Pfeiffer Pty Ltd v Rogerson [2000] HCA 36; 203 CLR 503 Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [1997] HCA 25; 189 CLR 520 Maisel v Financial Times, Ltd (No 1) [1915] 84 LJKB 2145 Morosi v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1977] 2 NSWLR 749 Nationwide News v Wills [1992] HCA 46; 177 CLR 1 Polly Peck (Holdings) Plc & Ors v Trelford & Ors [1986] QB 1000 Stephens & Ors v West Australian Newspapers Ltd [1994] HCA 45; 182 CLR 211 Theophanous v Herald and Weekly Times [1994] HCA 46; 182 CLR 104 Whelan & Anor v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd & Ors [2002] NSWSC 1028; 56 NSWLR 89 Woodger v Federal Capital Press of Australia Pty Ltd (1992) 107 ACTR 1
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