NSW Caselaw
District Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Litchfield v Fairfax Digital Australia & New Zealand Pty Ltd [2017] NSWDC 31 Hearing dates: 2 February 2017; 17 February 2017 (written submissions) Date of orders: 02 March 2017 Decision date: 02 March 2017 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Imputation 3D(a) is struck out as not reasonably capable of being conveyed. (2) Plaintiff pay defendant's costs. (3) Liberty to the parties to bring in Short Minutes of Order for a timetable in these proceedings. Catchwords: TORT – defamation – imputations – form and capacity – no issue of principle Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 28.2 Cases Cited: Able Demolitions and Excavations P/L v Barry Kenna & Co [2016] VSCA 312 Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden (1998) 43 NSWLR 158 Chakravarti v Advertiser Newspapers Ltd (1998) 154 ALR 294 Corby v Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd [2014] NSWCA 227 Steele v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1974] 2 NSWLR 348 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Plaintiff: Bruce Litchfield First Defendant: Fairfax Digital Australia & New Zealand Pty Ltd Second Defendant: Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: Mr R Rasmussen Defendant: Ms L Barnett
Solicitors: Plaintiff: Kevin O'Kane Solicitors Defendant: Banki Haddock Fiora File Number(s): 2016/330270 Publication restriction: None
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