NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Anthony Tony Rinaldi v Cobbittee Publications Pty Ltd & 2 Ors [2006] NSWSC 1498
HEARING DATE(S) : 25.05.06
JUDGMENT DATE : 22 June 2006
JUDGMENT OF : Nicholas J
DECISION : Para 56
CATCHWORDS : Torts – Joint tortfeasors – Defamatory publication - Cross-claim by magazine publisher against informants for contribution or indemnity as suppliers of false information – Whether publisher's conduct reasonable in circumstances – Apportionment of responsibility – Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946, s 5
Defamation Act 1974 s 7A, s 22(1) LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 2005 s 30(1), (3) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 s 5(1)(c)
Austin v Mirror Newspapers Ltd (1985) 3 NSWLR 354 CASES CITED : James Hardie & Coy Pty Ltd v Wyong Shire Council (2000) 48 NSWLR 679 Morgan v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (No 2) (1991) 23 NSWLR 374 Wynbergen v Hoyts Corporation Pty Ltd (1997) 149 ALR 25
Anthony Tony Rinaldi - plaintiff Cobbittee Publications Pty Ltd - first defendant/cross claimant on both cross claims PARTIES : Sandy McPhie - second defendant Amanda Ireland - third defendant Eva Rinaldi - defendant on first cross claim Maria Cantaldi - defendant on second cross claim
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20128/04
no appearance - plaintiff J S Wheelhouse SC - first defendant/cross claimant on both cross claims COUNSEL : no appearance - second defendant no appearance - third defendant no appearance - defendant on first cross claim no appearance - defendant on second cross claim
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