NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Greenfield v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 2); Greenfield v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2015] NSWSC 373 Hearing dates: 27 February 2015 Date of orders: 27 February 2015 Decision date: 27 February 2015 Before: McCallum J Decision: The application to have the words objected to struck out of the defence in each proceeding is refused. Catchwords: DEFAMATION – procedure – pleadings – objection to form of defence – where defence maintains objection to capacity – whether defendant entitled to plead back the plaintiff's imputations – where particulars of truth set out in general narrative and discursive form relating to imputations as a whole Legislation Cited: Defamation Act 1974 (NSW) Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 14.28, 28.2 Cases Cited: Besser v Kermode [2011] NSWCA 174; 81 NSWLR 157 Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Hibbert [2015] NSWCA 13 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: 2014/197994 - Darren Greenfield (Plaintiff) Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (Defendant) 2014/198004 - Darren Greenfield (Plaintiff) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: G McGrath (Plaintiff in each proceeding) ATS Dawson (Defendant in each proceeding)
Solicitors: Taylor & Scott Lawyers (Plaintiff in each proceeding) Banki Haddock Fiora Lawyers (Defendant in each proceeding) File Number(s): 14/19799414/198004 Publication restriction: None
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