Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd v Tabbaa [2018] NSWCA 243

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd v Tabbaa [2018] NSWCA 243 Hearing dates: 3 September 2018 Decision date: 25 October 2018 Before: White JA Decision: Order that the respondent's notice of motion filed 11 July 2018 be dismissed with costs. Catchwords: COSTS – Security for costs – Defamation proceedings – Whether special circumstances exist – Where appellants are impecunious – Whether appeal grounds are reasonably arguable – Whether arguable that the primary judge's statement to witness at the conclusion of the witness' evidence in the presence of the jury created procedural unfairness – Where question of public interest arises in relation to the defence of honest opinion under s 31 of the Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) – Application dismissed Legislation Cited: Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 (NSW), s 29 Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW), s 7 Defamation Act 2005 (NSW), ss 31, 38

Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 36.16, 51.50, 51.53 Cases Cited: Carolan v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No. 6) [2016] NSWSC 1091 Channel Seven Adelaide Pty Ltd v Manock (2007) 232 CLR 245; [2007] HCA 60 Fraser v Holmes [2009] NSWCA 36 Holmes v Fraser [2008] NSWSC 570 Lloyd v David Syme Co Ltd [1985] 3 NSWLR 728; [1986] AC 350 Marks-Isaacs v Fowler & Ors [2005] NSWCA 37 Michel v R [2009] UKPC 41; [2010] 1 WLR 879 Nobarani v Mariconte [2018] HCA 36; (2018) 92 ALJR 806 Preston v Harbour Pacific Underwriting Management Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 247 R v Hayward [2017] NSWSC 1170 Royal Guardian Mortgage Management Pty Ltd v Nguyen [2016] NSWCA 88; (2016) 332 ALR 128 Saba v National Australia Bank Limited [1999] NSWCA 93 Soultanov v The Age Co Ltd (2009) 23 VR 182 Tabbaa v Nine Network Pty Ltd (No 10) [2018] NSWSC 468 Tabbaa v Nine Network Pty Ltd (No 11) [2018] NSWSC 389 Xenos v FAL Healthy Beverages Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 240 Zaia v Eshow [2017] NSWSC 1540 Texts Cited: David Rolph, Defamation Law (2016) Thomson Reuters Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Nine Network Australia Pty Limited (Applicant) Mouhammad Tabbaa (Respondent 2018/16067 and 2018/16076) Pamela June Tabbaa (Respondent 2018/16080) Representation: Counsel: A Dawson SC with M Cowden (Applicant) R Rasmussen (Respondents)