NATIONWIDE NEWS PTY LTD v HOARE [1990] NSWCA 134
Leave to appeal was refused because the points sought to be appealed can be raised as of right after trial, and it is preferable for defamation proceedings to proceed to trial without excessive interlocutory appeals and fragmentation.
- Parties
- Nationwide News Pty Ltd; Hoare
- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Judgment Date
- 26 March 1990
- Procedural Posture
- Application for Leave to Appeal
- Outcome
- application dismissed with costs
- Legal Topics
- Interlocutory Appeals, Expedition of Proceedings
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Parties
Nationwide News Pty Ltd
Hoare
Procedural Posture
Application for Leave to Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether leave to appeal should be granted on certain points before trial in a defamation case
Ratio Decidendi
Leave to appeal was refused because the points sought to be appealed can be raised as of right after trial, and it is preferable for defamation proceedings to proceed to trial without excessive interlocutory appeals and fragmentation.
Court Disposition
application dismissed with costs
Orders
- Application is dismissed with costs.
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