NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: McKay v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd; McKay v The Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2017] NSWSC 361 Hearing dates: 17 March 2017 Decision date: 17 March 2017 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McCallum J Decision: Application for leave to administer interrogatories refused. Catchwords: DEFAMATION – interrogatories – Assaf v Skalkos or "reaction" interrogatories – whether necessary – unlikelihood that answers would usefully inform the assessment of damages Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), pt 6 Cases Cited: Assaf v Skalkos (Supreme Court (NSW), Hunt CJ at CL, 9 August 1995, unrep) Bateman v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 6) [2015] NSWSC 890 Herald and Weekly Times Ltd v Hawke; Herald and Weekly Times Ltd v Kornhauser [1984] VR 587 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: 2016/00304799: Sun McKay (plaintiff) Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (1st defendant) The Age Company Ltd (2nd defendant)
2016/00304800: Sun McKay (plaintiff) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Richardson (plaintiff in both proceedings) L Barnett (defendants in both proceedings)
Solicitors: Mark O'Brien Legal (plaintiff in both proceedings) Banki Hadock Fiora (1st and 2nd defendants in Fairfax proceedings) ABC Legal (defendant in ABC proceedings) File Number(s): 2016/003047992016/00304800
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