McLachlan v Browne & Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd; McLachlan v Brown & Australian Broadcasting Corporation (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 829

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: McLachlan v Browne & Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd; McLachlan v Brown & Australian Broadcasting Corporation (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 829 Hearing dates: 18 May 2018 Decision date: 18 May 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McCallum J Decision: Extend the time within which the defendants are to comply with order (3) made in each proceeding on 16 March 2018 to 24 May 2018; defendants to pay the plaintiff's costs of preparing for and appearing today Catchwords: PROCEDURE – application to extend time for filing defence – no question of principle Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Proceedings 2018/34244: Craig McLachlan (plaintiff) Christie Whelan Browne (first defendant) Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (second defendant)

Proceedings 2018/34257 Craig McLachlan (plaintiff) Christie Whelan Browne (first defendant) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (second defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Richardson (plaintiff) L Barnett (first and second defendants in both proceedings)

Solicitors: Mark O'Brien Legal (plaintiff) Banki Haddock Fiora (1st defendant in both proceedings and 2nd defendant in 2018/34244 proceedings) ABC Legal & Business Affairs (2nd defendant in 2018/34257 proceedings) File Number(s): 2018/342442018/34257 Publication restriction: None