Hall v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 1604

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Hall v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 1604 Hearing dates: 11 November 2014 Decision date: 14 November 2014 Before: McCallum J Decision: Plaintiff's application to amend the further amended statement of claim allowed Catchwords: DEFAMATION - pleadings - plaintiff's application to amend - whether plaintiff entitled to adopt defendant's contextual imputations - pleading alternatives as contextual imputations - whether amendment would cause prejudice to defendant - whether refusal to allow amendment would cause injustice to plaintiff Legislation Cited: Defamation Act 2005 Defamation Act 1974 Cases Cited: Besser v Kermode [2011] NSWCA 174; reported as Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Kermode (2011) 81 NSWLR 157 Holt v TCN Channel Nine [2014] NSWCA 90 Kelly v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 166 McMahon v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2010] NSWCA 307 Waterhouse v The Age Company Limited [2012] NSWSC 9 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: David Hall (plaintiff) TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd (first defendant) Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd (second defendant) Representation: Counsel: S Chrysanthou (plaintiff) M Richardson (defendants) Solicitors: Kalantzis Lawyers (plaintiff) Johnson Winter Slattery (defendants) File Number(s): 2013/342926 Publication restriction: None