Tabbaa v DailyMail.com Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 166 912 465) [2015] NSWDC 278

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Tabbaa v DailyMail.com Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 166 912 465) [2015] NSWDC 278 Hearing dates: 26 November 2015 Date of orders: 26 November 2015 Decision date: 26 November 2015 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Imputation 3(a) is struck out. (2) Plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs of the argument today. (3) Plaintiff to file and serve amended statement of claim in 14 days. (4) Matter stood over to Thursday 10 December 2015 in the Defamation List. Catchwords: TORT – defamation – form of imputation "the plaintiff is an evil person" – requirement for precision – ambiguity – imputation struck out Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 14.28 Cases Cited: Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden (1998) 43 NSWLR 158 Drummoyne Municipal Council v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1990) 21 NSWLR 135 Falkenberg v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Levine J, 16 December 1994) Mahommed v Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 213 Singleton v Ffrench (1986) 5 NSWLR 425 Tabbaa v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd (No 3) [2015] NSWSC 1114 Toben v Milne [2014] NSWCA 200 Texts Cited: Dinika Roopani, "The scope and content of a 'publication' on the internet for the purposes of defamation law" (2015) MALR 33 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Plaintiff: Mouhammad Tabbaa Defendant: DailyMail.com Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 166 912 465) Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: Mr R Rasmussen Defendant: Mr M Richardson