NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : SMEC HOLDINGS LIMITED & ORS v BONIFACE [2004] NSWSC 526 revised - 18/06/2004 HEARING DATE(S) : 8 December 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 June 2004
JUDGMENT OF : Levine J DECISION : 1. The plaintiff's motion is dismissed with costs.; 2. I order the exhibits to be returned.; 3. I place the matter in the Registrar's Directions List on Wednesday 23 June 2004.
CATCHWORDS : Defamation - former s89 and present s86 Supreme Court Act 1970 - Defamation Act 1974 s7A - application to dispense with jury LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970 s86 and former s89 Defamation Act 1974 s7A Business and Research Management Ltd v Flude [2002] NSWSC 812 Cha v Oh and Ors (unreported, 30 September 2003, District Court of NSW) Dwyer v IPC Magazines Ltd (unreported, 21 April 1993, Supreme Court of NSW) CASES CITED : Pambula District Hospital v Herriman (1988) 14 NSWLR 387 Peck v Email Ltd (1987) 8 NSWLR 430 Strasberg v Westfield t/as Westfield Hornsby (2002) 56 NSWLR 47 Strasberg v Westfield [2003] NSWSC 979 SMEC HOLDINGS LIMITED (ACN 057 274 049) (TRADING AS SNOWY MOUNTAINS ENGINEERING CORPORATION and SMEC) (First plaintiff)
PETER BUSBRIDGE (Second plaintiff)
PARTIES : ROSS HITT (Third plaintiff)
GEOFF PERCIVAL (Fourth plaintiff)
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GLEN BONIFACE (Defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 21012 OF 2001 K J Neill QC / D Caspersonn (Plaintiffs) COUNSEL : C Evatt (Defendant) Baker & McKenzie (Plaintiffs) SOLICITORS : S Moran & Co (Defendant)
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