Bateman v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 1380

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Bateman v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 1380 Decision date: 09 October 2014 Before: McCallum J Decision: Defendant's Hore-Lacy pleading struck out Catchwords: DEFAMATION - defences - defence of justification - plea of justification specifying Hore-Lacy meanings - whether open as a form of pleading in New South Wales Legislation Cited: Defamation Act 1974, s 9 Defamation Act 2005, ss 24, 25, 26 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, rr 14.28, 14.30 Cases Cited: Advertiser-News Weekend Publishing Co Ltd v Manock (2005) 91 SASR 206 Bateman v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 400 Chakravati v Advertiser Newspapers [1998] HCA 37; (1998) 193 CLR 519 David Syme & Co Ltd v Hore-Lacy [2000] VSCA 24; (2000) 1 VR 667 Drummoyne Municipal Council v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1990) 21 NSWLR 135 Fairfax Media Publications v Kermode (2011) 81 NSWLR 157 Hyndes v Nationwide News [2011] NSWSC 633 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Hitchcock (2007) 70 NSWLR 484 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Jones [2004] NSWCA 205 John Fairfax Publications v Zunter [2006] NSWCA 227 Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Moodie (2003) 28 WAR 314 Snedden v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2011] NSWCA 262 West Australian Newspapers Ltd v Elliott (2008) 37 WAR 387. Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Edmund Thomas Gregory Bateman (first plaintiff) Idameneo (No 123) Pty Limited (second plaintiff) Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited (first defendant) Fairfax Digital Australia & New Zealand Pty Limited (second defendant) Natashia Wallace (third defendant) Vanda Carson (fourth defendant) Jeremy Cumpston (fifth defendant) File Number(s): 2013/203163 Publication restriction: None