Jones v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 1453

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Jones v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 1453 Hearing dates: 17 October 2014 Decision date: 24 October 2014 Before: McCallum J Decision: Defendants' contextual imputations struck out Catchwords: DEFAMATION - defences - defence of contextual truth - requirement that a contextual imputation be one carried in addition to the defamatory imputations complained of by the plaintiff - whether satisfied in this case - whether matter capable of carrying contextual imputation -appropriateness of striking out contextual imputations at the interlocutory stage Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Defamation Act 1974, s 16 Defamation Act 2005, s 26 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 14.28 Cases Cited: Ange v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 645 Ange v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2011] NSWSC 204 Batistatos v RTA [2006] HCA 27; (2006) 226 CLR 256 Corby v Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd [2014] NSWCA 227 Favell v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd [2005] HCA 52 Ives v the State of Western Australia [No 8] 2013 WASC 277 Jameel v Wall Street Journal Europe SPRL [2013] EWCA CIV 1694; [2004] EMLR 89 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Jones [2005] NSWCA 205 Singleton v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Hunt J, 20 February 1980, unreported) Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Dane Charles Jones (plaintiff) TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd (1st defendant) Nine Network (Australia) Pty Ltd (2nd defendant) Ninemsn Pty Ltd (3rd defendant) Tim Arvier (4th defendant) Representation: Counsel: S Chrysanthou (plaintiff) M Richardson (defendant) Solicitors: Kalantzis Lawyers (plaintiff) Johnson Winter & Slattery (defendants) File Number(s): 2014/86408 Publication restriction: None