NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Le Mottee v Dingle [2017] NSWSC 1270 Hearing dates: 16 June 2017 Decision date: 16 June 2017 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McCallum J Decision: Plaintiffs directed to provide verified particulars of the contention that the second plaintiff is an excluded corporation within the meaning of s 9 of the Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) Catchwords: DEFAMATION – action brought by corporation – whether corporate plaintiff adequately specified basis for contention that it has standing to sue – requirement under s 9 of the Defamation Act to establish that the corporation employs fewer than 10 persons – second plaintiff having eight full-time, one part-time and two casual employees whose average hours equal 97% of 10 full-time employees – company director (the first plaintiff) not included in that calculation – application for further particulars with verification Legislation Cited: Defamation Act 2005 (NSW), s 9 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), 56 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 Kneip (third defendant) Representation: Counsel: B Symons (plaintiffs) S Chrysanthou (first defendant) L Barnett (second and third defendants)
Solicitors: Catalyst Legal (plaintiffs) Moray & Agnew (defendants) File Number(s): 2017/86754
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