Renshaw v Reed Business Information Pty Ltd trading as Lawyers Weekly [2013] NSWDC 5

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Renshaw v Reed Business Information Pty Ltd trading as Lawyers Weekly [2013] NSWDC 5 Hearing dates: 1 February 2013 Decision date: 01 February 2013 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Grant leave to the plaintiff to strike in as paragraph 12 of the matter complained of the photograph appearing opposite paragraphs 3 to 5 of the matter complained of. (2) Imputations (b) and (d) will go to the jury. (3) Imputations (e) and (f) struck out with leave to replead. (4) Direct the plaintiff to provide a draft Amended Statement of Claim by 5:00pm Tuesday 5 February 2013. (5) Matter listed for directions or argument before Gibson DCJ on Friday 8 February 2013 at 9:00am in order to enable a hearing date to be allocated as soon as the pleadings timetable is completed. (6) Defendants to notify the plaintiff of any objections by 4:00pm Thursday 7 February 2013. (7) Plaintiff is to pay the defendants' costs of today. Catchwords: TORT - defamation - imputations - form and capacity Legislation Cited: - Cases Cited: Abbott v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd (1987) Aust Torts Reports 80-138 Ahmed v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWSC 20 Ainsworth v Burden [2000] NSWSC 105 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Hodgkinson [2005] NSWCA 190 Bass v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 343 Drummoyne Municipal Council v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1990) 21 NSWLR 135 Favell v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd (2005) 221 ALR 186 Gardener v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 10 Greek Herald Pty Ltd v Nikolopoulos (2001) 54 NSWLR 165 Hall v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd [2002] 1 Qd R 376 Hepburn v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [1983] 2 NSWLR 682 Hough v London Express Newspaper Ltd [1940] 2 KB 507 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Blake; David Syme v Blake (2001) 53 NSWLR 541 Lewis v Daily Telegraph Ltd [1964] AC 234 Mahommed v Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 213 Maxwell-Smith v Warren [2007] NSWCA 270 Mayfield-Smith v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1982] 2 NSWLR 419 Mirror Newspapers Ltd v Harrison (1982) 149 CLR 293 Singleton v Ffrench (1986) 5 NSWLR 425 Viney v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 1273 Waterhouse v David Syme & Co Ltd [2000] NSWSC 817 Texts Cited: Australian Defamation Law and Practice (LexisNexis, Australia) Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Plaintiff: Anthony Renshaw First Defendant: Reed Business Information Pty Ltd trading as Lawyers Weekly Second Defendant: Jeremy Knibb Representation: Plaintiff: Mr R Rasmussen Defendants: Mr A T S Dawson Plaintiff: Beazley Singleton Lawyers Defendants: Banki Haddock Fiora File Number(s): 2012/363736 Publication restriction: None