Ghosh v Ninemsn Pty Ltd & Ors (No 3) [2013] NSWDC 206

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Ghosh v Ninemsn Pty Ltd & Ors (No 3) [2013] NSWDC 206 Hearing dates: 10 October 2013 Decision date: 10 October 2013 Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: See [94] Catchwords: TORT - defamation - plaintiff pleads ten claims for defamation - plaintiff not identified in six of the matters complained of - failure to plead particulars of identification for each publication - failure to identify which person(s) identified the plaintiff in each publication and the extrinsic facts enabling those persons to identify the plaintiff - whether plaintiff should be granted a seventh opportunity to amend her pleadings in relation to identification - imputations - whether imputations pleaded are reasonably capable of being conveyed - costs - whether an order for costs payable forthwith should be made where the interlocutory application has taken a lengthy period and the hearing of the proceedings is a long way off Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56, 58 and 60 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 14.28, and 42.7 Cases Cited: Aktas v Westpac Banking Corp Ltd (No 2) (2010) 241 CLR 570; [2010] HCA 47 Al-Shennag v Woodcock [2013] NSWSC 696 Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden (1998) 43 NSWLR 158 Bevillesta Pty Ltd v D Tannous No 2 Pty Ltd [2010] NSWCA 277 Brasington v Overton Investments Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 571 Burrows v Knightley (1987) 10 NSWLR 651 Cammish v Hughes [2012] EWCA Civ 1655 Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd v Parras [2002] NSWCA 202 Dennis v Australian Broadcasting Corp [2008] NSWCA 37 Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc v Aviation News Ltd & Anor [2013] EWHC 1505 (QB) Favell v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd (2005) 221 ALR 18 Gardener v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 10 Ghosh v Ninemsn Pty Ltd & Ors [2013] NSWDC 63 Ghosh v Ninemsn Pty Ltd & Ors (No 2) [2013] NSWDC 145 Griffith v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 142 Habib v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2010] NSWCA 291 Maxwell-Smith v Warren [2007] NSWCA 270 McGrane v Channel 7 Brisbane Pty Ltd [2012] QSC 133 McMahon v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2010] NSWCA 308 Naxakis v Western General Hospital [1999] HCA 22 Palace Films Pty Ltd v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 962 Ritter v Godfrey [1920] 2 KB 47 Steele v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1974] 2 NSWLR 348 Universal Network Communication Ltd t/as New Tang Dynasty v China Media Group (Aust) Pty Ltd & Chan [2008] NSWCA 1 Younan v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2013] NSWCA 335 Texts Cited: - Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Plaintiff: Dr Ratna Ghosh First Defendant: Ninemsn Pty Ltd (ACN 077 753 461) Second Defendant: NBN Limited (ACN 000 232 486) Third Defendant: Katie Gregory Representation: Plaintiff: In Person Defendants: Ms L Barnett Plaintiff: In Person First Defendant: Johnson Winter & Slattery Second Defendant: Ashurst Australia Third Defendant: Banki Haddock Fiora File Number(s): 2013/88183 Publication restriction: None