Sharp v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd (No 2) [2016] NSWSC 223

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Sharp v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd (No 2) [2016] NSWSC 223 Hearing dates: 26 February 2016 Date of orders: 26 February 2016 Decision date: 26 February 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McCallum J Decision: Plaintiffs' application to have contextual truth defence struck out refused; plaintiffs to pay the costs of today's application. Catchwords: DEFAMATION – defences – defence of contextual truth – content of requirement that a contextual imputation be an "other" imputation carried "in addition to" the defamatory imputations of which the plaintiff complains – Fairfax Media Publications v Zeccola [2015] NSWCA 329 applied Legislation Cited: Defamation Act 1974 (NSW) Defamation Act 2005 (NSW), s 26 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 14.30, r 14.33 Cases Cited: Cornwell v Channel Seven Sydney Pty Limited [2015] NSWSC 1673 Fairfax v Kermode [2011] NSWCA 174; 81 NSWLR 157 Fairfax Media Publications v Zeccola [2015] NSWCA 329 John Fairfax Publications v Blake (2001) 53 NSWLR 521 Pahuja v TCN Channel Nine Pty Limited [2015] NSWSC 164 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Steven Sharp (first plaintiff) Tom Issa (second plaintiff) Harbour Radio Pty Limited (first defendant) Ray Hadley (second defendant) Representation: Counsel: I Pike SC with M J Lewis (plaintiffs) M Richardson (defendants)