Marsden v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Limited [1999] NSWSC 1068

Marsden v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Limited [1999] NSWSC 1068

The defendant had not shown any unfairness or trial management prejudice justifying an order that the plaintiff provide a witness list for rebuttal on justification and qualified privilege, because the defendant bore the onus on those defences and the plaintiff's rebuttal evidence would depend on the case actually presented by the defendant.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
26 October 1999
Procedural Posture
Defamation Proceedings / Ruling on Defendant's Notice of Motion Seeking a List of the Plaintiff's Witnesses on Justification and Qualified Privilege
Outcome
Defendant's Notice of Motion was refused as to paragraph 1.
Legal Topics
['witness Lists' 'trial Management' 'justification' 'qualified Privilege' 'rebuttal Evidence' 'onus of Proof']
['defamation' 'civil Procedure'] ['witness Lists' 'trial Management' 'justification' 'qualified Privilege' 'rebuttal Evidence' 'onus of Proof']

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Procedural Posture

Defamation Proceedings / Ruling on Defendant's Notice of Motion Seeking a List of the Plaintiff's Witnesses on Justification and Qualified Privilege

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the plaintiff should be ordered to provide the defendant with a list of witnesses intended to be called, in order, on the issues of justification and qualified privilege.' "Whether fairness or trial management required disclosure of the plaintiff's anticipated rebuttal witnesses at that stage of the proceedings."]

Ratio Decidendi

The defendant had not shown any unfairness or trial management prejudice justifying an order that the plaintiff provide a witness list for rebuttal on justification and qualified privilege, because the defendant bore the onus on those defences and the plaintiff's rebuttal evidence would depend on the case actually presented by the defendant.

Court Disposition

Defendant's Notice of Motion was refused as to paragraph 1.

Orders

  • ['The Court declined to make the order sought in paragraph 1 of the Notice of Motion.']