Toben v Nationwide News Pty Ltd; Toben v Mathieson [2015] NSWSC 1784

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Toben v Nationwide News Pty Ltd; Toben v Mathieson [2015] NSWSC 1784 Hearing dates: 4, 5 February 2015 Date of orders: 30 November 2015 Decision date: 30 November 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McCallum J Decision: Proceedings permanently stayed. Catchwords: DEFAMATION – procedure – application to have proceedings stayed or dismissed as abuse of process – where plaintiff sues on imputations that he is a Holocaust denier and an anti-Semite – where plaintiff is restrained by orders of the Federal Court from publishing material that suggests that there is serious doubt that the Holocaust occurred Legislation Cited: Australian Consumer Law, s 18 Defamation Act 2005 (NSW), s 8 Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), ss 18C; 24E; 25A; 25Z Cases Cited: Australian Consolidated Press Ltd v Uren (1966) 117 CLR 185 Bleyer v Google [2014] NSWSC 897; 88 NSWLR 670 Dank v Whittaker (No 4) [2004] NSWSC 732 Drummoyne Municipal Council v Australian Broadcasting Commission (1990) 21 NSWLR 135 Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Alex [2014] NSWCA 273 Jones v Toben [2000] HREOCA 39 Jones v Toben [2002] FCA 1150; 71 ALD 629 Jones v Toben [2009] FCA 354; 255 ALR 238 R v Sang [1980] AC 402 Singleton v Ffrench (1986) 5 NSWLR 425 Toben v Jones [2003] FCAFC 137 Toben v Jones [2009] FCAFC 104 Toben v Jones [2012] FCA 1193 Toben v Mathieson; Toben v Nationwide News Pty Limited [2013] NSWSC 1530 Toben v Milne [2014] NSWCA 200 Toben v Milne [2014] NSWCA 49 Williams v Spautz (1991) 174 CLR 509 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: 2013/200157 Fredrick Toben (plaintiff) Nationwide News Pty Ltd (defendant)