NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 62 NSWLR 594
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : John Zunter v John Fairfax Publications Pty Limited [2005] NSWSC 119
HEARING DATE(S) : 09/06/04; 28/10/04
JUDGMENT DATE : 2 March 2005
JUDGMENT OF : Nicholas J
DECISION : Paras 49, 50, 51
CATCHWORDS : DEFAMATION - issues for jury - cross-claim for contribution under s 5(1)(c) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 - whether cross-claim should be tried by jury - whether s 7A Defamation Act 1974 applies to trial of cross-claim - whether cross-claim for contribution a common law claim within s 19(1) Supreme Court Act 1970 - whether cross-claim for contribution proceedings to which s 86 Supreme Court Act 1970 applies
Defamation Act 1974 s 7A Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 ss 5(1)(c); 5(2) LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1965 ss 9; 15 Supreme Court Act 1970 ss 19(1); 86
AIS Pty Ltd v Jumbo Scheepvaart (1988) 14 NSWLR 507 Blackburn v The State of New South Wales (BC 9102416) Burrows v Knightley (1987) 10 NSWLR 651 Caledonian Collieries Limited v Fenwick (1959) 76 WN (NSW) 482 CASES CITED : Evans v Lynch (1984) 3 NSWLR 567 Griffith & Ors v Australian Broadcasting Corporation & Ors (2003) NSWSC 298 Harding v Coburn (1976) 2 NZLR 577 Unsworth v Commissioner for Railways (1958) 101 CLR 73
John Zunter - Plaintiff John Fairfax Publications - First Defendant/Cross-Claimant PARTIES : State of New South Wales - Second Defendant/Cross-Defendant
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