Hanson-Young v Bauer Media Limited [2013] NSWSC 1306

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Hanson-Young v Bauer Media Limited [2013] NSWSC 1306 Hearing dates: 2 September 2013 Decision date: 11 September 2013 Before: McCallum J Decision: Plaintiff's imputations struck out with leave to replead Catchwords: DEFAMATION - imputations - whether capable of being conveyed - where publisher claims matter complained of incapable of being construed as other than a joke - objections to form of imputations - difficulty of pleading imputations in cases of denigration or ridicule Cases Cited: Burton v Crowell Pub Co 82 F(2d) 154 (1936) Chesterton v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 982 Coleman v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 564 Ettingshausen v Australian Consolidated Press Ltd (1991) 23 NSWLR 443 Falkenberg v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Levine J, 16 December 1994, unreported) Favell v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd [2005] HCA 52 Jones v Skelton [1964] NSWR 485 Kelly v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 586 Love v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1980] 2 NSWLR 112 McGuinness v JT Publishing Australia Pty Ltd [1999] NSWSC 471 Morris v Newcastle Newspapers Pty Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 260 Murphy v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Levine J, 10 July 1998, unreported) Scali v John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Levine J, 15 July 1993, unreported) Wild v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Levine J, 8 August 1997, unreported) Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Sarah Hanson-Young (plaintiff) Bauer Media Limited (defendant) Representation: Counsel: C Amato (plaintiff) M Richardson (defendant) Solicitors: Kennedys Lawyers (plaintiff) Johnson Winter & Slattery (defendant) File Number(s): 2013/195928 Publication restriction: None