Voelte v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 577

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Voelte v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 577 Hearing dates: 24 April 2015 Date of orders: 24 April 2015 Decision date: 24 April 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McCallum J Decision: Contextual imputations A, B and C struck out. Catchwords: DEFAMATION – procedure – pleadings – defences – contextual imputations – requirement of specificity – consideration of Mizikovsky v Queensland Television Ltd regarding directions to jury as to contextual truth defence Legislation Cited: Defamation Act 2005 (NSW), s 26 Cases Cited: King v Fairfax Media Publications (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 1244 McMahon v John Fairfax Publications Pty Limited (No 3) [2012] NSWSC 196 McMahon v John Fairfax Publications Pty Limited (No 6) [2012] NSWSC 224 Mizikovsky v. Queensland Television Limited ACN 009 674 373 and Ors [2014] HCATrans 21 Mizikovsky v Queensland Television Limited & Ors [2013] QCA 68 Mizikovsky v Queensland Television Ltd & Ors (No 3) [2011] QSC 375 Rigby v John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd (Court of Appeal (NSW), 1 February 1996, unrep) Voelte v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2015] NSWSC 210 Whelan v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1988] 12 NSWLR 148 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Don Voelte (Plaintiff) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: R Jedrzejczyk (Plaintiff) S Littlemore QC with M Polden (Defendant)