NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Oscar Kazal v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 1906 Hearing dates: 27 November 2018 Date of orders: 27 November 2018 Decision date: 28 November 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McCallum J Decision: Publication of reserved reasons for granting leave to file an amended defence; rulings as to further interlocutory steps Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – pleadings – application for leave to file an amended defence to add new particulars in support of truth defence in defamation action – application brought late with satisfactory explanation
DEFAMATION – interlocutory steps – dispute as to categories for discovery – dispute as to necessity of interrogatories Cases Cited: Bateman v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 6) [2015] NSWSC 890 Fairfax Digital Australia & New Zealand Pty Ltd v Kazal [2018] NSWCA 77 Oscar Kazal v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 44 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Oscar Kazal (plaintiff) Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (first defendant) Fairfax Digital Australia & New Zealand Pty Ltd (second defendant) Linton Besser (third defendant) Kate McClymont (fourth defendant) Representation: Counsel: K Smark SC (plaintiff) P W Gray SC with M Polden (defendants)
Solicitors: Rigby & Klaus (plaintiff) Bank Haddock Fiora (defendants) File Number(s): 2014/82498 Publication restriction: None
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