Naoum v Dannawi [2009] NSWCA 253

Reported Decision: 75 NSWLR 216[2010] ALMD 6440[2010] ALMD 6364

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: Naoum v Dannawi [2009] NSWCA 253

HEARING DATE(S): 14 August 2009

JUDGMENT DATE: 21 August 2009

JUDGMENT OF: Beazley JA at 1; McColl JA at 2; Macfarlan JA at 39

DECISION: Application for leave to appeal dismissed with costs

CATCHWORDS: EQUITY – equitable remedies – injunctions – permanent injunction sought to restrain publication of allegedly defamatory matter – no hearing of substantive issues sought – necessity for final hearing before grant of permanent injunction

LEGISLATION CITED: Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW)

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd [2001] HCA 63; (2001) 208 CLR 199 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill [2006] HCA 46; (2006) 227 CLR 57 Bonnard v Perryman [1891] 2 Ch 269 Chappell v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd (1988) 14 NSWLR 153 Church of Scientology v Reader's Digest Services Pty Ltd [1980] 1 NSWLR 344 CASES CITED: Commodore Business Machines Pty Ltd v Trade Practices Commission (1990) 92 ALR 563 House v R [1936] HCA 40; (1936) 55 CLR 499 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Rivkin [2003] HCA 50; (2003) 77 ALJR 1657 Lewis v Daily Telegraph [1964] AC 234 Stocker v McElhinney (No 2) [1961] NSWR 1043 Y & Z v W [2007] NSWCA 329; (2007) 70 NSWLR 377

TEXTS CITED: R Meagher, J Heydon, M Leeming, Meagher, Gummow and Lehane's Equity Doctrines and Remedies, 4th ed, (2002), Butterworths Lexis Nexis P W Young, Declaratory Orders, 2nd ed (1984) Butterworths