NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Le Mottee v Dingle [2017] NSWSC 635 Hearing dates: 5 May 2017 Decision date: 05 May 2017 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McCallum J Decision: Leave granted to the plaintiffs to file and serve an amended statement of claim within 14 days. Catchwords: DEFAMATION – pleadings – identification – where plaintiff not named in the matter complained of – whether adequate particulars of identification given
DEFAMATION – imputations – objections as to form and capacity – whether allegations of corruption capable of being understood from the matter complained of – whether attribution of engaging in corrupt conduct can be levelled at a company as opposed to its officers Legislation Cited: Defamation List Practice Note SC CL 4, cl 13 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 15.19(1)(d) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Paul Le Mottee (first plaintiff) Le Mottee Group Pty Ltd (second plaintiff) Geoff Dingle (first defendant) Linda Bowden (second defendant) Ken Kneipp (third defendant) Representation: Counsel: D Allen (plaintiffs) S Chrysanthou (first defendant) L Barnett (second and third defendants)
Solicitors: Catalyst Legal (plaintiffs) Pikes & Verekers Lawyers (first defendant) Moray & Agnew (Newcastle) (second and third defendants) File Number(s): 2017/86754
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