NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Bracks v Smyth-Kirk [2008] NSWSC 930
HEARING DATE(S) : 5 September 2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 9 September 2008
JURISDICTION : Common Law
JUDGMENT OF : McCallum J
DECISION : The proceedings are dismissed.
CATCHWORDS : DEFAMATION - order sought for dismissal of proceedings as an abuse of process - repetition and republication - joint tortfeasors - whether damages previously recovered in respect of the same damage - distinction between "damage" and "damages" - recovery of additional damages precluded under s 5(1)(b) of the Law Reform Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1946
Law Reform Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1946 LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules 1970 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules
CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings
Baxter v Obacelo (2001) 205 CLR 635 Dow Jones v Gutnick (2002) 210 CLR 575 Maple v Syme [1975] 1 NSWLR 97 Sims v Wran (1984) 1 NSWLR 317 CASES CITED : Slipper v BBC [1991] 1 QB 283 Speight v Gosnay (1891) 60 LJQB 231 Thompson v Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd (1996) 186 CLR 574 Toomey v Mirror Newspapers Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 173 Webb v Bloch (1928) 41 CLR 331 XL Petroleum (NSW) Pty Ltd v Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Ltd (1984) 155 CLR 448
TEXTS CITED : Gatley on Libel and Slander (Ninth Edition)
PARTIES : Noel Francis Bracks (Respondent) Ross Smyth-Kirk (Applicant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20130/07
COUNSEL : Mr A Leopold SC / Mr M Richardson (Applicant) Mr T S Hale SC / Mr J O Hmelnitsky (Respondent)
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