NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Christopher George Murtough v Betham & Anor [2004] NSWSC 753 HEARING DATE(S) : 07/08/03, 10/10/03, 27/02/04, 06/08/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 August 2004
JUDGMENT OF : Buddin J DECISION : Notice of Motion dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS : Notice of Motion - application for summary dismissal - malicious falsehood - collateral abuse of process. Defamation Act 1952 (UK) LEGISLATION CITED : Solicitors Act 1974 (UK) Supreme Court Rules Butler v Simmonds Crowley & Galvin [2000] 2 Qd R 252 De Beers Abrasive Products Ltd & Others v International General Electric Co of New York Ltd & Anor [1973] 1 WLR 972 General Steel Industries v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Gray v Avadis [2003] EWHC 1830 (QB) Hercules v Phease [1994] 2 VR 386 In re Majory [1955] Ch 600 CASES CITED : Joyce v Sengupta & Anor [1993] 1 All ER 897 Peter Kent Development Pty Ltd v ANZ Banking Group Ltd (NSWSC unreported 6 May 1980 CL No 16824/79) Khodaparast v Shad [2000] 1 All ER 545 Lincoln v Daniels [1962] 1 QB 237 Metall & Rohstoff v Donaldson [1990] 1 QB 391 Shorey v PT Ltd [2003] HCA 27 Spellson v George (1992) 26 NSWLR 666 PARTIES : Christopher George Murtough (Plaintiff/Respondent) Gyanendra Parshu Ram (Second Defendant/Applicant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20018/2002 COUNSEL : P Brereton SC (Plaintiff/Respondent) D Allen (Second Defendant/Applicant) SOLICITORS : Russell C Byrnes (Plaintiff/Respondent) Cheney & Wilson (Second Defendant/Applicant)
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