NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Cheikho v Nationwide News Pty Limited (No 3);; Haddad v Nationwide News Pty Limited (No 3) [2015] NSWSC 146 Hearing dates: 6 February 2015 Date of orders: 06 February 2015 Decision date: 06 February 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McCallum J Decision: Application to have proceedings tried without a jury refused. Leave granted to amend defence to include further particulars. Catchwords: DEFAMATION – procedure – application to have proceedings tried without a jury – whether plaintiffs alleging likelihood of prejudice against them due to adverse reporting on the media
DEFAMATION – pleadings – application to amend defence to include further particulars of truth – whether capable of supporting the truth of the imputations Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 29.2A Defamation Act 2005 (NSW), s 21 Cases Cited: R v Belghar [2012] NSWCCA 86 Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd v Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells [2011] NSWCA 246 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Wisam Haddad (First Plaintiff) Steve Dablis (Second Plaintiff) Jamal El-Haouli (Third Plaintiff) Mauhamed Sari (Fourth Plaintiff) Nationwide News Pty Limited (Defendant)
Hazma Cheikho (Plaintiff) Nationwide News Pty Limited (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: T Molomby (Plaintiffs) L Barnett (Defendant)
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