El-Mouelhy v Q-Society of Australia Inc (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 990

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: El-Mouelhy v Q-Society of Australia Inc (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 990 Hearing dates: 5 June 2015 Date of orders: 12 June 2015 Decision date: 12 June 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McCallum J Decision: Rulings on imputations Catchwords: DEFAMATION – procedure – pleadings – whether imputations are bad in form and should be struck out – whether plaintiffs are required to provide particulars of "worldwide" publication – where objections to imputations and particulars could have been taken at earlier hearing Legislation Cited: Defamation Act 2005 (NSW), ss 25, 26 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 15.19(1) Cases Cited: Drummoyne Municipal Council v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1990) 21 NSWLR 135 El-Mouelhy v Q-Society of Australia Inc [2015] NSWSC 545 Lazarus v Deutsche Lufthansa AG [1985] 1 NSWLR 188 Leech v Sylvester [2012] NSWSC 1367 MacDonald v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2014] NSWSC 206 Regie Naturale des Usines Renaut v Zhang (2002) 210 CLR 491 Singleton v Ffrench (1986) 5 NSWLR 425 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Mohamed El-Mouelhy (Plaintiff) QSociety of Australia Inc (First Defendant) Kirralie Jane Smith (Second Defendant) Peter Dominic Callaghan (Third Defendant) Debbie Robinson (Fourth Defendant) Ralf Shumann (Fifth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: B Connell (Plaintiff) S Chrysanthou (Defendant)