SLEEMAN v NATIONWIDE NEWS [2002] NSWSC 1100
The plaintiff was not permitted to add two further imputations after the s7A trial because the relevant tribunal had already adjudicated, in accordance with its exclusive function, on the discrete matters left to it, and the structure of the case compelled trial only of defence issues and damages issues in respect of the originally pleaded causes of action, of which only two had been found by the jury.
- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Judgment Date
- 18 November 2002
- Procedural Posture
- Defamation Proceedings / Application by Plaintiff to Rely on Two Further Imputations After S7 a Trial
- Outcome
- Application declined.
- Legal Topics
- ['imputations' 'contextual Imputations' 'amendment of Pleadings' 's7 a Trial']
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Procedural Posture
Defamation Proceedings / Application by Plaintiff to Rely on Two Further Imputations After S7 a Trial
Legal Issues
- 1 ['Whether the plaintiff should be permitted, after a s7A jury trial, to amend by adding two additional imputations as causes of action based on contextual imputations pleaded by the defendant.']
Ratio Decidendi
The plaintiff was not permitted to add two further imputations after the s7A trial because the relevant tribunal had already adjudicated, in accordance with its exclusive function, on the discrete matters left to it, and the structure of the case compelled trial only of defence issues and damages issues in respect of the originally pleaded causes of action, of which only two had been found by the jury.
Court Disposition
Application declined.
Orders
- ['The Court declines to permit the plaintiff to amend by adding the two additional imputations.']
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