NSW Caselaw
District Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Clarke v Fenn [2018] NSWDC 336 Hearing dates: 8 November 2018 Date of orders: 15 November 2018 Decision date: 15 November 2018 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Notice of motion filed on 30 September 2018 dismissed. (2) These proceedings are struck out and dismissed. (3) The plaintiff is to pay the defendant's costs. (4) Liberty to apply in relation to costs. (5) Exhibits retained for 28 days. Catchwords: TORT – defamation – application for extension of time to commence proceedings – whether matter complained of published on an occasion protected by absolute privilege Legislation Cited: Australian Consumer Law, s 18 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56 – 62 Defamation Act 2005 (NSW), s 27 Limitation Act 1969 (NSW), ss 14B and 56A Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 13.30 Cases Cited: Barrett v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 304 Carey v Australian Broadcasting Corp (2012) 84 NSWLR 90 Clarke v South East Sydney Local Health District [2018] NSWSC 66 Clarke v South East Sydney Health District (No 2) [2018] NSWCA 226 Clarke (previously Naicker) v Herrick [2017] NSWDC 302 Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd v Clarke [2013] NSWCA 272 Cumberland v Clark (1996) 39 NSWLR 514 Dank v Cronulla Sutherland District Rugby League Football Club Ltd [2014] NSWCA 288 Hanrahan v Ainsworth (1985) 1 NSWLR 370 Kostov v State of New South Wales [2018] NSWSC 1252 Lucire v Parmegiani (2010) 10 DCLR (NSW) 364 Mann v O'Neill (1997) 191 CLR 204 Naicker v South Eastern Sydney Local Health District T/A Royal Hospital For Women [2016] FWC 5697 Nyoni v Pharmacy Board of Australia (No 6) [2018] FCA 526 Perera v Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 19 Rajski v Carson (1986) 4 NSWLR 735 Texts Cited: R E Brown, Brown on Defamation (Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, United States), Second Edition (Carswell) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Plaintiff: Sharmain Daisy Clarke Defendant: Maria Fenn Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: In person Defendant: Mr D Sibtain
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