Glanville v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 1143

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Glanville v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 1143 Hearing dates: 19 August 2013 Decision date: 20 August 2013 Before: McCallum J Decision: Plaintiff's claim against fourth defendant dismissed Catchwords: DEFAMATION - publication - fourth defendant sued as an original publisher jointly liable for the whole of a television broadcast - where only a minor contributor to the programme published - no allegation of control over preparation of the programme or assent to its final form - whether proceedings liable to be dismissed as against her Legislation Cited: Defamation Act 2005 Cases Cited: Bracks v Smyth-Kirk [2008] NSWSC 930 Bracks v Denoon (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Nicholas J, 14 December 2006, unreported) Dank v Whittaker (No 1) [2013] NSWSC 1062 Glanville v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Garling J, 20 June 2013, unreported) Palace Films Pty Ltd & Ors v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd & Ors [2010] NSWSC 415 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: David Glanville (plaintiff) TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd (first defendant) Tracie Grimshaw (second defendant) Kate Donnison (third defendant) June Dally-Watkins (fourth defendant) Representation: Counsel: A Stewart (solicitor, granted leave to appear amicus curiae to assist the plaintiff) B McClintock SC, M Richardson (first, second and third defendants) B Gillard (solicitor) (fourth defendant) Solicitors: Plaintiff representing himself Johnson Winter Slattery (first, second and third defendants) Gillard Consulting Lawyers (fourth defendant) File Number(s): 2011/95169 Publication restriction: None