Zeccola v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 421

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Zeccola v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 421 Hearing dates: 7 April 2014 Decision date: 07 April 2014 Before: McCallum J Decision: Proceedings referred for mediation by a mediator agreed to by the parties or, failing agreement, a mediator nominated by the President of The Law Society Catchwords: PROCEDURE - whether proceedings should be referred for mediation over plaintiff's objection Legislation Cited: Defamation Act 2005, s 26 Uniform Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 26 Cases Cited: Dank v Whittaker (No 1) [2013] NSWSC 1062 Zeccola v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited [2014] NSWSC 227 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Antonio Zeccola (second plaintiff) Benjamin Zeccola (third plaintiff) Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (first defendant) Brian Rosen (second defendant) Michaela Boland (third defendant) Screen Hub Pty Ltd (fourth defendant) John Paxinos (fifth defendant) Alexander Prior (sixth defendant) Representation: Counsel: R Rasmussen (plaintiff) ATS Dawson (1st to 3rd defendants) M Richardson (4th to 6th defendants) Solicitors: Millens Lawyers (plaintiffs) Banki Haddock Fiora (first to third defendants) Kennedys Citigroup Centre (fourth to sixth defendants) File Number(s): 2009/297851 Publication restriction: None