NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Wood v Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd Wood v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 1527 Hearing dates: 19 September 2014 Decision date: 19 September 2014 Before: McCallum J Decision: Order that the proceedings be heard by a jury of twelve. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application to have defamation proceedings tried with a jury of 12 rather than 4 - where plaintiff suing on an imputation that he murdered his girlfriend - defendants pleading defence of truth - plaintiff previously convicted of murder in a high profile trial and subsequently acquitted by Court of Criminal Appeal - desirability of larger jury to determine that issue in the civil proceedings Legislation Cited: Jury Act 1977 Cases Cited: Ra v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 1308; (2009) 182 FCR 148 Waterhouse v The Age Company [2012] NSWSC 1349 Wood v R [2012] NSWCCA 21 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: 2013/133130: Gordon Wood (plaintiff) Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd (1st defendant) Seven Network (Operations) Ltd (2nd defendant) Yahoo!7Pty Ltd (3rd defendant)
2013/133167 Gordon Wood (plaintiff) Nationwide News Pty Ltd (1st defendant) News Digital Media Pty Ltd (2nd defendant) Janet Fife-Yeomans (3rd defendant) Representation: Counsel: S Chrysanthou (plaintiff) K Lynch (defendants) Solicitors: 2013/133130: Kalantzis Lawyers (plaintiff) Johnson Winter & Slattery (defendants)
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