Mohareb v Palmer (No. 3) [2016] NSWDC 38

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Mohareb v Palmer (No. 3) [2016] NSWDC 38 Hearing dates: 18 February 2016 Date of orders: 04 March 2016 Decision date: 04 March 2016 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Plaintiff's Notice of Motion dismissed. (2) Plaintiff pay defendant's costs of the Notice of Motion and of this application on an indemnity basis. (3) Defendant's Notice of Motion dismissed with no order as to costs. Catchwords: PROCEDURE – application by plaintiff for leave to prosecute first defendant for perjury under s 338(1)(c) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) – whether any false statement (an asserted omission from an affidavit prepared by the first defendant's legal advisers) was made by the first defendant in connection with the proceedings and identified with sufficient precision – application dismissed Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 60 and 73 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 338 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Brimaud v Honeysett Pty Ltd (1988) 217 ALR 44 Dow Jones & Co Inc v Gutnick (2002) 210 CLR 575 Fairfax Digital Australia and New Zealand Pty Ltd v Ibrahim & Ors (2012) 293 ALR 384 Hickinbotham v Leach (1842) 152 ER 510 Michail v Mount Druitt and Area Community Legal Centre Inc [2015] NSWCA 396 Mohareb v Palmer [2015] NSWDC 134 Mohareb v Palmer (No. 2) [2015] NSWDC 141 Moss v McIlveen [2011] NSWCA 77 Sims v Wran [1984] 1 NSWLR 317 Texts Cited: George, P; Allen, M; Benson, S; Collins, J; Mattson, J; Munsie, J; Rubagotti, G; Stuart, G, 2014, "Social Media and the Law" (LexisNexis Butterworth, 2014) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Plaintiff: Nader Mohareb First Defendant: Matt Palmer Second Defendant: Annette Palmer Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: Mr C J Dibb Defendant: Mr B Gelonesi (solicitor)