Elliott v Tomkins (No. 3) [2014] NSWDC 68

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Elliott v Tomkins (No. 3) [2014] NSWDC 68 Hearing dates: 26 May 2014 Decision date: 26 May 2014 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Plaintiff called outside Court 13D three times at 9:36am - no appearance. (2) Defendant's application for summary dismissal of the statement of claim with costs, stood over part-heard to today, is granted, and orders made as follows: (a) Judgment for the defendant. (b) Plaintiff pay defendant's costs of the proceedings on a party/party basis (other than the costs covered by my orders of 9 April 2014). Catchwords: TORT - defamation - plaintiff fails to comply with self-executing order to file amended statement of claim - application by defendant for summary judgment granted Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56-62 Defamation Act 1974 (NSW), ss 3(d), 9 and 48 Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), Part 15 Div 4 Cases Cited: Cumberland v Clark (1996) 39 NSWLR 514 Dennis v Australian Broadcasting Corp [2008] NSWCA 37 Douglas v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1983] 3 NSWLR 126 Dow Jones & Co Inc v Gutnick (2002) 210 CLR 575 Elliott v Tomkins [2014] NSWDC 55 Elliott v Tomkins (No. 2) [2014] NSWDC 56 Hanrahan v Ainsworth (1985) 1 NSWLR 370 Lazarus v Deutsche Lufthansa AG (1985) 1 NSWLR 188 Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (NSW) Inc v Judge [2013] NSWSC 1783 Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (NSW) Inc v Judge (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 1821 Strang Aniokaka Ltd v Lihir Gold Ltd (No 2) [2010] FCA 1065 Texts Cited: New South Wales Law Reform Commission, Defamation, Report No. 11 (1971) Tobin & Sexton, Australian Defamation Law & Practice (LexisNexis) Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Plaintiff: David Dean Elliott Defendant: Kevin Tomkins Representation: Plaintiff: No appearance Defendant: Mr J Ross (solicitor) Plaintiff: No appearance Defendant: Goldsmiths Lawyers File Number(s): 2013/252889 Publication restriction: None