Habib v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd & Anor (No 2) [2011] NSWDC 7

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Habib v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd & Anor (No 2) [2011] NSWDC 7 Hearing dates: 4 March 2011 Decision date: 07 March 2011 Before: Levy SC DCJ Decision: See paragraph [58] for orders concerning the basis and terms upon which transcripts of the broadcasts in question may be placed before the jury. Catchwords: TORTS - defamation

EVIDENCE - admissibility of transcripts of radio broadcasts

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - whether transcripts of broadcasts in question in the proceedings may be provided to the jury as exhibits, or as an aid to memory, in a trial to proceed pursuant to s 7A of the Defamation Act 1974 Legislation Cited: Defamation Act 1974, s 7A Evidence Act 1995, ss 29(4), 48(1), 56(2), 135, 191(2)(a) Cases Cited: Buck v Jones, NSWSC, unreported, per Barr J, 15 June 2000 Butera v Director of Public Prosecutions (Vic) [1987] HCA 58; (1987) 164 CLR 180 Foreign Media v Konstantinidis [2003] NSWCA 161 Goldsworthy v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Limited [1992] NSWSC 290 Griffiths & Ors v ABC [2003] NSWSC 483 Habib v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd [2010] NSWDC 244 Mallik v McGeown [2008] NSWSC 129 Marsden v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Limited [1999] NSWSC 87 Nu-Tec v ABC [2010] NSWSC 711 Purcell v Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Pty Limited [2001] NSWSC 926 Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd v Parker (1992) 29 NSWLR 448 Smith v The Queen [2001] HCA 50; (2001) 206 CLR 650 Vacik v ABC [No 4], NSWSC, unreported, per Sperling J, 4 November 1999 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Mamdouh Habib (Plaintiff) Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd (First defendant) Macquarie Radio Network Pty Ltd (Second defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr R Rasmussen (Plaintiff) Ms G Rubagotti (Defendants) Solicitors: Demir Legal (Plaintiff) Banki Haddock Fiora (Defendants) File Number(s): 2006/294377