Neville Mahon v Mach 1 Financial Services Pty Ltd [2012] NSWSC 651

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Neville Mahon v Mach 1 Financial Services Pty Ltd [2012] NSWSC 651 Hearing dates: 5 June 2012 Decision date: 15 June 2012 Before: McCallum J Decision: Application to have pleadings struck out dismissed; plaintiff ordered to provide proper particulars of damage Catchwords: TORT - injurious falsehood - no actual damage alleged - whether pleading liable to be struck out - where interlocutory injunction granted at outset of proceedings until further order - where final injunction only relief sought Legislation Cited: Designs Act 1906 (Cth) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Supreme Court Act 1970 Cases Cited: Australand Holdings Ltd v Transparency & Accountability Council Inc [2008] NSWSC 669 AMI Australia Holdings Ltd v Fairfax Media Publication Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 1395 Beechwood Homes (NSW) Pty Ltd v Camenzuli [2010] NSWSC 521 British Railway Traffic & Electric Co Ltd v CRC Co Ltd and the London County Council [1922] 2 KB 260 Dow Jones & Co Inc v Gutnick [2002] HCA 56; (2002) 210 CLR 575 Fraser v Evans [29169] 1 QB 349 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 Glamagard Pty Ltd v Enderslea Productions Pty Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 138 Kaplan v Go Daddy Group [2005] NSWSC 636 Palmer Bruyn & Parker Pty Ltd v Parsons[2001] HCA 69; (2001) 208 CLR 388 Ratcliffe v Evans [1892] 2 QB 524 at 527 to 528 Swimsure (Laboratories) Pty Ltd v McDonald [1979] 2 NSWLR 796 Woodward v Hutchins [2977] 2 All ER 751 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Neville Mahon (plaintiff) Mach 1 Financial Services Pty Ltd (first defendant) John Richard Carter (second defendant) Tania Jamieson (third defendant) Representation: Counsel: A Narayan (plaintiff) J D Catlin (defendants) Solicitors: Elliott May (plaintiff) Oliver Lane Consulting (defendants) File Number(s): 2011/377920 Publication restriction: None