McMahon v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd (No 9) [2014] NSWSC 936

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: McMahon v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd (No 9) [2014] NSWSC 936 Hearing dates: 9 July 2014 Decision date: 09 July 2014 Before: McCallum J Decision: Plaintiff award interest pursuant to s 101(4) on the disbursement items paid by him as deposed in paragraph 7 of his affidavit; defendant awarded interest on the costs awarded in its favour in the proceedings; each party to bear his or its own costs after 27 May 2014. Catchwords: DEFAMATION - costs - entitlement of a party to interests on costs - indemnity costs Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Cases Cited: Doppstadt Australia Pty Ltd v Lovick & Son Developments Pty Ltd [2014] NSWCA 158 Illawarra Hotel Company Pty Ltd v Walton Construction Pty Ltd (No 2) [2013] NSWCA 211; (2013) 84 NSWLR 436 Lahoud v Lahoud & Ors [2006] NSWSC 126 Lovick & Son Developments Pty Ltd v Doppstadt Australia Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 135 McMahon v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd (No 7) [2013] NSWSC 933 McMahon v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd (No 8) [2014] NSWSC 673 The Owners Strata Plan 61162 v Lipman The Owners Strata Plan No 61162 v Building Insurers' Guarantee Corporation [2014] NSWSC 622 Wardy v Wardy & Ors (No. 2) [2014] NSWSC 809 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Bryan McMahon (plaintiff) John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd (first defendant) Marcus Priest (second defendant) Rachel Nickless (third defendant) Representation: Counsel: B R McClintock SC (plaintiff) A T S Dawson (defendants) Solicitors: Ardent Lawyers (plaintiff) Banki Haddock Fiora Lawyers (defendants) File Number(s): 2008/289210 Publication restriction: None