Balzola v Federal Capital Press of Australia Pty Limited (ACN 008 394 063) & Anor [2015] NSWDC 23

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Balzola v Federal Capital Press of Australia Pty Limited (ACN 008 394 063) & Anor [2015] NSWDC 23 Hearing dates: 20 February 2015 Decision date: 06 March 2015 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Mahony SC DCJ Decision: For Orders see [52] and [53] Catchwords: Defamation - Procedural rulings on strike out applications – Contextual imputations – Leave to replead Legislation Cited: Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552 Ahmed v Nationwide News [2010] NSWDC 268 Con Ange v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited & Ors [2011] NSWSC 204 Bateman v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited (No. 3) [2014] NSWSC 1601 Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited v Kermode (2011) 81 NSWLR 157 Favell v Queensland Newspapers Pty Limited (2005) 221 ALR 186 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Hall v TCN Channel Nine Pty Limited [2014] NSWSC 1604 Holt v TCN Channel Nine Pty Limited (2014) 86 NSWLR 96 Hyndes v Nationwide News Pty Limited [2011] NSWSC 633 McMahon v John Fairfax Publications Pty Limited (No. 6) [2012] NSWSC 224 Malcolm v Nationwide News Pty Limited [2007] NSWCA 254 Petty v Zhao (No. 2) [2015] NSWDC 18 Waterhouse v The Age Company Limited & Ors [2012] NSWSC 9 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Robert Balzola (Plaintiff) Federal Capital Press of Australia Pty Limited (ACN 008 063) (First Defendant) Lisa Cox (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: R Rasmussen for the Plaintiff L Barnett for the Defendants