Craigie v Nornews Pty Limited & Anor [1999] NSWSC 529

Craigie v Nornews Pty Limited & Anor [1999] NSWSC 529

While the first defendant's answers were not in proper form, no further useful information could have been provided, so no further action is necessary beyond supplying the already given average sales data. Each party should bear its own costs.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
27 May 1999
Procedural Posture
Defamation / Interlocutory Application Regarding Answers to Interrogatories
Outcome
Application dismissed
Legal Topics
['interrogatories' 'circulation' 'readership' 'discovery' 'costs']
['defamation'] ['interrogatories' 'circulation' 'readership' 'discovery' 'costs']

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Procedural Posture

Defamation / Interlocutory Application Regarding Answers to Interrogatories

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the first defendant properly complied with the rules of court in answering interrogatories relating to circulation and readership figures']

Ratio Decidendi

While the first defendant's answers were not in proper form, no further useful information could have been provided, so no further action is necessary beyond supplying the already given average sales data. Each party should bear its own costs.

Court Disposition

Application dismissed

Orders

  • ['Each party to pay its own costs' 'No order for indemnity costs' 'Defendant to provide existing information from letter of 11 May 1999 in open letter']