NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Kostov v Gibson [2018] NSWSC 428 Hearing dates: 6 April 2018 Date of orders: 06 April 2018 Decision date: 06 April 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: (1) Pursuant to Uniform Civil Procedure Rule 13.4 the proceedings are dismissed. (2) The Plaintiff's Notice of Motion filed 29 March 2018 is dismissed. (3) The Plaintiff pay the Defendants' costs of the proceedings. Catchwords: DEFAMATION – plaintiff sues Judge for matters stated in judgment – summary dismissal – absolute privilege – no question of principle Legislation Cited: Defamation Act 2005 (NSW), s 27 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 13.4 Cases Cited: Kostov v Zhang; Kostov v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2017] NSWDC 7 Kostov v Zhang; Kostov v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 2) [2017] NSWDC 18 Kostov v Zhang; Kostov v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 3) [2017] NSWDC 89 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Adriana Kostov (Plaintiff) Judith Gibson (First Defendant) State of New South Wales (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: In person (Plaintiff) RJ Lee (First Defendant) ST Chrysanthou (Second Defendant)
Solicitors: In person (Plaintiff) Globalex Tax + Legal (First Defendant) Crown Solicitor's Office (Second Defendant) File Number(s): 2018/52935
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