Josh Massoud v Harbour Radio Pty Limited; Josh Massoud v Fox Sports Australia Pty Limited; Josh Massoud v Australian Radio Network Pty Limited; Josh Massoud v Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Limited; Josh Massoud v Nationwide News Pty Limited [2019] NSWDC 403

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Josh Massoud v Harbour Radio Pty Limited; Josh Massoud v Fox Sports Australia Pty Limited; Josh Massoud v Australian Radio Network Pty Limited; Josh Massoud v Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Limited; Josh Massoud v Nationwide News Pty Limited [2019] NSWDC 403 Hearing dates: 11 July 2019 Date of orders: 09 August 2019 Decision date: 09 August 2019 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Mahony SC DCJ Decision: Defendants' application for dismissal or proceedings dismissed with costs Catchwords: Principle of proportionality; abuse of process Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Defamation Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Bleyer v Google Inc (2014) 88 NSWLR 670; [2014] NSWSC 897 Fairfax Pty Limited v Kermode (2011) 81 NSWLR 157 Farrow v Nationwide News Pty Limited (2017) 95 NSWLR 612 Feldman v The Daily Beast Company LLC [2017] NSWSC 831 PNJ v R (2009) 252 ALR 612; [2009] HCA 6 Tabbaa v Nine Network Pty Limited (No. 10) [2018] NSWSC 468 Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378 Williams v Spautz (1992) 174 CLR 509 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: John Massoud (Plaintiff) Harbour Radio Pty Limited (Defendant) Fox Sports Australia Pty Limited (Defendant) Australian Radio Network Pty Limited (Defendant) Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Limited Nationwide News Pty Limited Representation: Counsel: L Goodchild (Plaintiff) L Barnett (Defendants)