Louise v DailyMail.com Australia Pty Ltd [2014] NSWDC 177

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Louise v DailyMail.com Australia Pty Ltd [2014] NSWDC 177 Hearing dates: 23 October 2014 Decision date: 23 October 2014 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Imputations 4(a) and 4(b) are to be pleaded in the alternative and will go to the jury. (2) Imputations 4(c), 4(d), 6(a) and 6(b) will go to the jury. (3) Imputations 4(e), 6(c) and 6 (d) are struck out. (4) Plaintiff to file and serve Amended Statement of Claim in 14 days. (5) Matter stood over to the Defamation List on Friday 21 November 2014. (6) Plaintiff pay defendant's costs of the argument. Catchwords: TORT - defamation - imputations - form and capacity Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 14.28 Cases Cited: Boyd v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1980] 2 NSWLR 449 Drummoyne Municipal Council v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1990) 21 NSWLR 135 Feros v West Sydney Radio Pty Ltd (New South Wales Court of Appeal, 22 June 1982, unreported) Hanson-Young v Bauer Media Pty Ltd [2012] NSWSC 1850 Harvey v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 255 King v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 490 Scali v John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of NSW, Levine J, 15 July 1993) Tingle & Anor v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd & Anor (No 2) [1999] NSWSC 414 Toben v Milne [2014] NSWCA 200 Villers v Monsley (1769) 2 Wils 403, 95 ER 886 Younan v Nationwide News [2013] NSWCA 335 Texts Cited: - Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Plaintiff: Rachelle Louise First Defendant: DailyMail.com Australia Pty Ltd Third Defendant: Candace Sutton Representation: Plaintiff: Mr R Rasmussen Defendants: Mr M Richardson Plaintiff: David Leamey Solicitor & Barrister Defendants: Johnson Winter & Slattery File Number(s): 2014/197848 Publication restriction: None