Carey v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (ACN 008 438 828) [2014] NSWDC 73

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Carey v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (ACN 008 438 828) [2014] NSWDC 73 Hearing dates: 20 June 2014 Decision date: 20 June 2014 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Defendants' application for summary dismissal of the statement of claim refused. (2) Grant leave to replead imputations (c) and (e). (3) Imputation (d) struck out with leave to replead. (4) Defendants' costs be costs in the cause. (5) Plaintiff to file amended statement of claim in 14 days. (6) Matter listed in the Defamation List on Friday 11 July 2014. Catchwords: TORT - defamation - application to dismiss statement of claim on the basis that no defamatory meaning can be conveyed - whether "apeish" and "Cro-Magnon" to describe the plaintiff, an Aboriginal sportsman, are capable of damaging his reputation or standing in the community - 'bane' and 'antidote' - form and capacity of the imputations pleaded - application for summary judgment dismissed Legislation Cited: - Cases Cited: Bennison v O'Neil [2012] NSWSC 360 Berkoff v Burchill [1996] 4 All E R 1008 Bik v Australian Consolidated Press Ltd [1973] 2 NSWLR 473 Burton v Crowell Pub Co 82 F (2d) 154 (1936) Ettingshausen v Australian Consolidated Press Ltd (1991) 23 NSWLR 443 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Blake; David Syme & Co v Blake (2001) 53 NSWLR 541 Mahommed v Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 213 Malcolm v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 254 Mangope v Asmal 1997 (4) S A 277 (Transvaal Prov. Div) McDonald v The North Queensland Newspaper Company Limited [1997] Qd R 62 Morosi v Broadcasting Station 2GB Pty Ltd [1980] 2 NSWLR 418 Mundine v Brown (No 6) [2010] NSWSC 1285 Patten v Moffatt (Supreme Court of NSW, Levine J, 27 February 1995) Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd v Chesterton (2009) 238 CLR 460 Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd v Chesterton (2008) Aust Torts Reports ¶81-946 Trad v Jones (No 3) [2007] NSWADT 318 Waterhouse v Hickie (1995) Aust Torts Reports 81-347 Zybyszko v New York American 228 App. Div. 277, 239 N Y S 411 (1930) Texts Cited: Brown on Defamation: Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, United States (2nd ed.) Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Plaintiff: Otis Carey First Defendant: Nationwide News Pty Limited Second Defendant: Briana Domjen Representation: Plaintiff: Mr R Rasmussen Defendants: Mr J Hmelnitsky SC / Mrs L Barnett Plaintiff: Sanford Legal Defendants: Ashurst Australia File Number(s): 2014/94505 Publication restriction: None