Elliott v Tomkins (No. 2) [2014] NSWDC 56

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Elliott v Tomkins (No. 2) [2014] NSWDC 56 Hearing dates: 9 April 2014 Decision date: 09 April 2014 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Extend the time for the filing of a Further Amended Statement of Claim to Wednesday 14 May 2014 conditional upon the plaintiff paying the defendant's costs of and incidental to 28 February 2014, 28 March 2014 and today on an indemnity basis, assessable forthwith. (2) Order (1) is self-executing in nature. (3) The notice of motion stood over part heard to Monday 26 May 2014 at 9:30am before Gibson DCJ. Catchwords: TORT - defamation - application for extension of time to file amended statement of claim - alternative application that particulars of publication and identification were matters for the trial - cross-application by defendant for summary judgment - application for extension granted - whether plaintiff should pay defendant's costs on an indemnity basis Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 15.19 Cases Cited: Bank of Queensland Limited v Industrial Court of New South Wales (No 2) [2008] FCA 1435 Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing & Allied Services Union of Australia v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) (2007) 162 FCR 466 Creative Resins International Ltd v Glassam Europe Ltd [2006] All ER (D) 178 Dank v Whittaker (No 3) [2013] NSWSC 1822 Dow Jones & Co Inc v Gutnick (2002) 210 CLR 575 Emmerton v University of Sydney (1970) 2 NSWR 633 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Jenman v McIntyre [2013] NSWSC 1100 John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd v Farley (Federal Court of Australia, Gallop, Burchett and Gummow JJ, 2 May 1994) Knupffer v London Express Newspaper Ltd [1944] AC 116 Lazarus v Deutsche Lufthansa AG (1985) 1 NSWLR 188 Williams v Ramsdale (1887) 3 WR 125 Texts Cited: - Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Plaintiff: David Dean Elliott Defendant: Kevin Tomkins Representation: Plaintiff: Mr P Zada (solicitor) Defendant: Mr B Goldsmith (solicitor) Plaintiff: Navado Lawyers & Solicitors Defendant: Goldsmiths Lawyers File Number(s): 2013/252889 Publication restriction: None