NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Free v Thomas [2009] NSWSC 642
HEARING DATE(S) : 6 July 2009
JUDGMENT DATE : 9 July 2009
JURISDICTION : Common Law
JUDGMENT OF : Davies J
DECISION : (1) Application dismissed. (2) First Defendant is to pay the Plaintiff's costs of the application.
CATCHWORDS : DEFAMATION - damages - general damages. ESTOPPEL - former adjudication - decisions of inferior courts and other subordinate tribunals - res judicata - issue estoppel. LANDLORD AND TENANT - retail and commercial tenancies legislation - powers and appeals of courts and tribunals.
Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001 LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 2005 Residential Tenancies Act 1987
Administration of Papua and New Guinea v Daera Guba (1973) 130 CLR 353 Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464 Broome v Cassell and Co Ltd [1972] AC 1027 at 1071 Brunsden v Humphrey (1884) 14 QBD 141 Cachia v Isaacs (1985) 3 NSWLR 366 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Haines v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1995) 43 NSWLR 404 Jackson v Goldsmith (1950) 81 CLR 446 CASES CITED : Linprint Pty Ltd v Hexham Textiles Pty Ltd (1991) 23 NSWLR 508 McCarey v Associated Newspapers (No. 2) [1965] 2 QB 86 O'Brien v Dunston (1965) 39 ALJ 78 Outren v Morewood (1803) 102 ER 63 Queensland Trustees Limited v Commissioner of Stamp Duties (Queensland) (1956) 96 CLR 131 Residential Tenancies Tribunal of New South Wales v Offe (Supreme Court of NSW, Abadee J, 1 July 1997, unreported) Rippon v Chilcotin Pty Ltd (2001) 53 NSWLR 198 Strahan v The Residential Tenancies Tribunal (Supreme Court of NSW, Dowd J, 12 September 1998, unreported) Uren v John Fairfax and Sons Pty Ltd (1966) 117 CLR 11
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