Ahmed v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWSC 20

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Ahmed v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWSC 20 Hearing dates: 6 September 2010 Decision date: 07 February 2011 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Simpson J Decision: (i) Imputations 3(a), 3B(a) and 3B(e), and 3D(a) and 3D(e) are struck out; (ii) The plaintiff have liberty to re-plead; (iii) The plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs of the proceedings. Catchwords: DEFAMATION - pleadings - form of pleadings - use of slang or colloquialisms in pleadings - requirement to specify defamatory meaning - imputations struck out - liberty to re-plead Legislation Cited: Trade Practices Act 1974 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Ahmed v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd (NSWSC, 10 March 2010, unreported) Ahmed v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 676 Bass v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 343 Drummoyne Municipal Council v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1990) 21 NSWLR 135 Feros v West Sydney Radio Pty Ltd (NSWCA, 22 June 1982, unreported) Hepburn v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [1983] 2 NSWLR 682 Singleton v Ffrench (1986) 5 NSWLR 425 Viney v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 1273 Whelan v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1988) 12 NSWLR 148 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Kim Anne Ahmed (Plaintiff) Harbour Radio Pty Ltd (First Defendant) Ray Hadley (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: R Rasmussen (Plaintiff) A T S Dawson (Defendants) Solicitors: Turner Freeman (Plaintiff) Banki Haddock Fiora (Defendants) File Number(s): 2009/297870