NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Con Ange v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd & Ors [2010] NSWSC 1383
HEARING DATE(S) : 4 November 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 9 December 2010
JUDGMENT OF : Garling J
DECISION : Application by plaintiff to dispense with jury is dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS : DEFAMATION – Trial by jury – Where the defendants have filed a notice of intention to elect for trial by jury – Where the plaintiff applies to dispense with the jury – Statutory interpretation of s 21 of the Defamation Act 2005 – Whether the Court's discretion to dispense with a jury is limited – Whether the offensive nature of some evidence to be adduced at trial is grounds for dispensing with jury – Whether the number of DVDs which may be shown at trial is grounds for dispensing with jury – Whether the extent of documents produced prior to trial is grounds for dispensing with jury.
Civil Procedure Act 2005 LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 2005 District Court Act 1973 Supreme Court Act 1970
CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings
Carr v Western Australia (2007) 232 CLR 138 Caterpillar of Australia Pty Ltd v Industrial Court of NSW [2009] NSWCA 83 CIC Insurance Ltd v Bankstown Football Club Ltd (1997) 187 CLR 384 Dossett v TKJ Nominees Pty Ltd (2003) 218 CLR 1 Eastman v The Queen (2000) 203 CLR 1 Electrolux Home Products Pty Ltd v Australian Workers Union (2004) 221 CLR 309 French v Herald and Weekly Times Pty Ltd [2010] VSC 127 Gifford v Strang Patrick Stevedoring Pty Ltd (2003) 214 CLR 269 Gunns Limited v Marr (No. 5) [2009] VSC 284 Harrison v Melham (2008) 72 NSWLR 380 Kingston v Keprose Pty Ltd (1987) 11 NSWLR 404 CASES CITED : Mallett v Mallett (1984) 156 CLR 605 Mallik v McGeown [2008] NSWSC 129 Nolan v Clifford (1904) 1 CLR 429 Norbis v Norbis (1985) 161 CLR 513 Pambula District Hospital v Herriman (1988) 14 NSWLR 387 Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth (2003) 211 CLR 476 Project Blue Sky Pty Ltd v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 Pyneboard Pty Ltd v Trade Practices Commission (1983) 152 CLR 328 R v Bell (unreported, NSW Court of Criminal Appeal, 8 October 1998) R v Glennon (1992) 173 CLR 592 R v PLV (2001) 51 NSWLR 736 Re Bolton, Ex Parte Beane (1987) 162 CLR 514 Wik Peoples v Queensland (1996) 187 CLR 1
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