Csortan v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 1349

Csortan v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 1349

There is a difference in substance between imputations (a) and (b), and imputation (c) is capable of being conveyed. The defendant's objections are rejected and all three imputations will go to the jury.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
15 September 2017
Procedural Posture
Defamation / Procedural Ruling on Objections to Imputations
Outcome
Defendant's objections rejected; imputations (a), (b) and (c) will go to the jury.
Legal Topics
['objection to Imputations' 'defamation Pleadings']
['defamation'] ['objection to Imputations' 'defamation Pleadings']

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Procedural Posture

Defamation / Procedural Ruling on Objections to Imputations

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether imputations (a) and (b) are substantively different or contravene r 14.30(3) of the UCPR' 'Whether imputation (c) is incapable of being conveyed by the article']

Ratio Decidendi

There is a difference in substance between imputations (a) and (b), and imputation (c) is capable of being conveyed. The defendant's objections are rejected and all three imputations will go to the jury.

Court Disposition

Defendant's objections rejected; imputations (a), (b) and (c) will go to the jury.

Orders

  • ['Imputations (a), (b) and (c) will go to the jury']