Lee v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2014] NSWDC 172

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lee v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2014] NSWDC 172 Hearing dates: 10 October 2014 Decision date: 10 October 2014 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Strike out the imputations currently pleaded as imputations (a), (b), (d) and (e), with leave to replead imputation (b). (2) Plaintiff to file an amended statement of claim in 7 days. (3) Matter stood over for further directions to Friday 31 October 2014. (4) Plaintiff to pay the defendants' costs of the argument today. Catchwords: TORT - defamation - imputations - form and capacity - imputations of reasonable suspicion Legislation Cited: - Cases Cited: Alex v Gridneff [2013] NSWSC 2035 Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden (1998) 43 NSWLR 158 Berezovsky v Forbes [2001] EWCA Civ 1251 Channel Seven Adelaide Pty Ltd and Anor v S, DJ [2006] SASC 10 Chase v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2002] EWCA Civ 1772 ; [2003] EMLR 11 Christiansen v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2012] NSWSC 1258 Corby v Allen & Unwin [2014] NSWCA 227 Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Alex [2014] NSWCA 273 Favell v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd (2005) 79 ALJR 1716 Moran v Schwartz Publishing Pty Ltd [2014] WASC 334 Rakhimov v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2000] NSWSC 10 Singleton v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Hunt J, 20 February 1980) Texts Cited: R Parkes QC; Professor A Mullis; G Busuttil; A Speker; A Scott; C Strong, Gatley On Libel and Slander (12th ed, 2013, Sweet & Maxwell) Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Plaintiff: Albert Lee First Defendant: Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd Second Defendant: Rachel Olding Representation: Plaintiff: Mr R Rasmussen Defendants: Mrs L Barnett Plaintiff: Hans Kim Lawyer Defendants: Banki Haddock Fiora File Number(s): 2014/247247 Publication restriction: None