Whitehall v Oxborough [2018] NSWDC 315

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Whitehall v Oxborough [2018] NSWDC 315 Hearing dates: 4 October 2018 Date of orders: 04 October 2018 Decision date: 04 October 2018 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) On the application of the defendant, these proceedings are stood over to the Defamation List on Thursday 1 November 2018. (2) Stand over the notice to produce issued by the defendant and the capacity and form challenges to the imputations to 1 November 2018. (3) Costs reserved. Catchwords: TORT – defamation – application by defendant for form and capacity rulings on imputations – defendant issues notice to produce for court documents in Supreme Court proceedings where the defendant is a party – interim non-publication orders made in the Supreme Court pending an urgent hearing – whether interim orders prevent the hearing of the argument on imputations and/or the production of documents under the notice to produce – applications adjourned pending further Supreme Court orders Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 28.2 Cases Cited: Al Muderis v Duncan (No 4) [2018] NSWSC 925 Bennette v Cohen (2005) 64 NSWLR 81 Bennette v Cohen (2007) Aust Torts Reports 81-897 Bennette v Cohen [2009] NSWCA 60 Calabro v Zappia (2010) 11 DCLR (NSW) 12 Capilano Honey Ltd v Mulvany (No 3) [2018] NSWSC 767 Civil Aviation Safety Authority v Whitehall [2018] NSWSC 1345 Craven v Globe Valley Pty Ltd [2018] QDC 155 Fastbet Investments Pty Ltd v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (No 2) [2018] FCA 1418 Huang v Zhi [2018] VCC 529 Inserve Australia Ltd v Kinane [2018] QCA 116 Marshall v Smith [2013] WASC 432 Mowen v Rockhampton Regional Council [2018] QSC 192 Mowen v State of Queensland [2018] QSC 183 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Shane Dowling (No 3) [2018] NSWSC 784 Sali v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (No 2) [2013] VSC 719 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Plaintiff: Nathaniel John Whitehall Defendant: Terry Oxborough Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: Mr N J Whitehall (in person) Defendant: Mr B Goldsmith (solicitor)