NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Bateman v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 5) [2015] NSWSC 830 Hearing dates: 18 June 2015 Date of orders: 25 June 2015 Decision date: 25 June 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McCallum J Decision: Proceedings as against fifth defendant dismissed with costs Catchwords: INJURIOUS FALSEHOOD – where plaintiff unable to plead with specificity the words and conduct alleged to have conveyed false statements concerning its goods or business – whether an amendment should be allowed on the basis that the plaintiff will interrogate the defendant as to those matters – whether to allow the amendment would accord with the dictates of justice Cases Cited: Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v ANU [2009] HCA 27; 239 CLR 175. Bateman v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 4) [2015] NSWSC 610 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Edmund Thomas Gregory Bateman (first plaintiff) Idameneo (No 123) Pty Limited (second plaintiff) Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited (first defendant) Fairfax Digital Australia & New Zealand Pty Limited (second defendant) Natasha Wallace (third defendant) Vanda Carson (fourth defendant) Jeremy Cumpston (fifth defendant) Representation: Counsel: S Chrysanthou (plaintiffs) ATS Dawson (defendants)
Solicitors: Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers (plaintiffs) Banki Haddock Fiora (defendants) File Number(s): 2013/203163 Publication restriction: None
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