Voller v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd; Voller v Nationwide News Pty Ltd; Voller v Australian News Channel Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 608

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Voller v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd; Voller v Nationwide News Pty Ltd; Voller v Australian News Channel Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 608 Hearing dates: 20 April 2018 Decision date: 20 April 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McCallum J Decision: Defendants ordered to give discovery of the categories identified in the plaintiff's letter dated 23 March 2018 within four weeks; defendants ordered to pay the plaintiff's costs of today's argument. Catchwords: DEFAMATION – publication – claim based on allegedly defamatory comments by reader posted on newspaper's Facebook page in response to newspaper article – newspaper disputing liability for publication of reader's comment – whether plaintiff entitled to discovery of documents relevant to that issue Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 21.2 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56 Cases Cited: Bleyer v Google Inc [2014] NSWSC 897 Plymouth Brethren (Exclusive Brethren) Christian Church v The Age Company Ltd; Plymouth Brethryn (Exclusive Brethryn) Christian Church v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCA 95 Plymouth Brethryn (Exclusive Brethryn) Christian Church v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd; Plymouth Brethren (Exclusive Brethren) Christian Church v The Age Company Ltd [2017] NSWSC 214 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: 2017/219538 Dylan Voller (plaintiff) Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (defendant)

2017/219519 Dylan Voller (plaintiff) Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (defendant)