NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Dank v Whittaker (No 5) [2014] NSWSC 914 Hearing dates: 7 July 2014 Decision date: 10 July 2014 Before: McCallum J Decision: Costs of the defendants' application to consolidate proceedings ordered to be costs in the cause Catchwords: COSTS - application by defendants to consolidate six proceedings into one and alternatively into three - each party enjoying partial success - whether differential costs order appropriate Legislation Cited: Defamation Act 2005, s 23, s 35 Cases Cited: Dank v Whittaker (No 4) [2014] NSWSC 732 Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Cummings; Fairfax Digital Australia & New Zealand Pty Ltd v Cummings [2013] ACTCA 37 Category: Costs Parties: 2013/157114 Stephen Dank (plaintiff) Paul Whittaker (first defendant) (proceedings discontinued as against second defendant) Dr Tricia Kavanagh (third defendant) Darren Kane (fourth defendant) Rebecca Wilson (fifth defendant) James Hooper (sixth defendant) Josh Massoud (seventh defendant)
2013/157118 Stephen Dank (plaintiff) Nationwide News Pty Ltd (defendant)
2013/170487 Stephen Dank (plaintiff) Mick Carroll (first defendant) Phil Rothfield (second defendant) Rachel Givney (third defendant)
2013/170493 Stephen Dank (plaintiff) Nationwide News Pty Ltd (defendant)
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