Mosslmani by his tutor Karout v DailyMail.com Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 166 912 465); Mosslmani by his tutor Karout v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (ACN 008 438 828); Mosslmani by his tutor Karout v Australian Radio Network Pty Ltd (ACN 065 986 987) [2016] NSWDC 264

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Mosslmani by his tutor Karout v DailyMail.com Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 166 912 465); Mosslmani by his tutor Karout v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (ACN 008 438 828); Mosslmani by his tutor Karout v Australian Radio Network Pty Ltd (ACN 065 986 987) [2016] NSWDC 264 Hearing dates: 12 October 2016 Date of orders: 25 October 2016 Decision date: 25 October 2016 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: See [119] Catchwords: TORT – defamation – imputations – form and capacity – no issue of principle Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 14.30 and 28.2 Cases Cited: Abou-Lokmeh v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd [2016] NSWCA 228 Berkoff v Burchill [1996] 4 All ER 1008 Bik v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1979] 2 NSWLR 679n Charleston v News Group Newspapers Ltd [1995] 2 AC 65 Corby v Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd [2014] NSWCA 227 Cornwell v Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd [2016] NSWCA 255 Drummoyne Municipal Council v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1990) 21 NSWLR 135 Ettingshausen v Australian Consolidated Press Ltd (1991) 23 NSWLR 443 Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Alex [2014] NSWCA 273 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Hanson-Young v Bauer Media Ltd [2013] NSWSC 1306 Hanson-Young v Bauer Media Ltd (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 2029 Kelly v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 586 McDonald v The North Queensland Newspaper Co Ltd [1997] Qd R 62 New South Wales v Williams [2014] NSWCA 177 Scali v John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of NSW, Levine J, 15 July 1993) Singleton v Ffrench (1986) 5 NSWLR 425 Toben v Milne [2014] NSWCA 200 Younan v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2013] NSWCA 335 Texts Cited: J Dean, "Hatred, Ridicule or Contempt: A book of libel cases", Pan Books, 1953 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Plaintiff: Ali Ziggi Mosslmani (also known as Ziggy) by his tutor Zeinab Karout Defendant in 2016/210991: DailyMail.com Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 166 912 465) Defendant in 2016/210996: Nationwide News Pty Ltd (ACN 008 438 828) Defendant in 2016/211033: Australian Radio Network Pty Ltd (ACN 065 986 987) Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: Mr R Rasmussen Defendant in 2016/210991 and 2016/211033: Mrs L E Barnett Defendant in 2016/210996: Ms L Mullins (solicitor)