NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Garry Dobson v Macquarie Radio Network Ltd [2007] NSWSC 718
HEARING DATE(S) : 20.04.07, 23.05.07, 31.05.07
JUDGMENT DATE : 5 July 2007
JUDGMENT OF : Nicholas J
DECISION : Para 131
CATCHWORDS : Defamation - radio programmes - pleading of imputations - whether imputations capable of arising - specificity of imputations - defendant's allegations of plaintiff non-specific - whether imputations differ in substance
LEGISLATION CITED : Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Pt 14, Div 5, r 14.28; Pt 14, Div 6, r 14.30(3); Pt 28, Div 2, r 28.2
Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden (1998) 43 NSWLR 158 Drummoyne Municipal Council v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1990) 21 NSWLR 135 Favell v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd (2005) 221 ALR 186 Gacic v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 175 General Steele Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW)& Ors (1964) 112 CLR 125 Harvey v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 255 CASES CITED : Jackson & Ors v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [Unreported, NSWSC, 17 October 1996] John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Gacic [2007] HCA 28 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Rivkin (2003) 77 ALJR 1657 Jones v Skelton (1963) 63 SR 644 Lewis v Daily Telegraph Ltd [1964] AC 234 Piggins v Denton [2006] NSWSC 954 Vella v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2000] NSWSC 615 Whelan v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1988) 12 NSWLR 148
PARTIES : Garry Dobson - plaintiff Macquarie Radio Network Ltd - defendant
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