Griffith & Ors v ABC & Anor [2004] NSWSC 582

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Griffith & Ors v ABC & Anor [2004] NSWSC 582 HEARING DATE(S) : 15/04/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 July 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Cripps AJ DECISION : Claims of the plaintiffs in deceit struck out - Claims in injurious falsehood not struck out.

CATCHWORDS : Plaintiffs - harm to reputation and feelings - Concurrent claims in deceit not justiciable - Claim in injurious falsehood may extend to damage to business and not struck out.. LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 1974 s22 Andrews v John Fairfax (1980) 2 NSWLR 225 General Steel Inc v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 at 29 Sattin v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (1996) 39 NSWLR 32 Bell-Booth Group v Attorney-General [1989] 3 NZLR 148 CASES CITED : Spring v Guardian Assurance plc [1995] 2AC 296 Sullivan v Moody (2001) 207 CLR 562 Tame v The State of New South Wales (2002) 211 CLR 317 Warren v Tweed Shire Council [2002] NSWSC 1105 Palmer Bruyn & Parker Pty Ltd v Parsons (2001) 208 CLR 388 at 393 FIRST PLAINTIFF Jeremy Norman Griffith SECOND PLAINTIFF Foundation for Humanity's Adulthood PARTIES : THIRD PLAINTIFF Timothy John Macartney-Snape FIRST DEFENDANT Australian Broadcasting Corporation SECOND DEFENDANT David Millikan FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20300/2001 PLAINTIFFS Mr K P Smark COUNSEL : DEFENDANTS Mr B W Walker SC and Ms D Hogan-Doran