Category: Interlocutory/Case-Management

The antiquated law of spousal privilege rears its head in an interlocutory defamation judgment as former Anglican community school employees do defamation battle in the WA Supreme Court … Carmel Galati reports ... more

One-time murder suspect fails in his bid to compel SA police to produce evidence of alleged revisions to a key witness statement tendered during his (unsuccessful) defamation trial ... more

Unionist John Setka fails to convince the Victorian Court of Appeal that it should hear an appeal over a decision which dismissed his application to have defences pleaded by Tony Abbott and Sky News struck out ... more

Missing hedge fund manager has his action against Fairfax struck out for failing to comply with a $300,000 security for costs order ... more

Two interesting interlocutory judgments involving electronic publications … NSW District Court Judge Judith Gibson considers the complexities of applying existing principles to online media ... more

A self-represented litigant with a history of “ill-conceived applications”, has his defamation proceedings dismissed by the NSW Supreme Court after eight long years ... more

Greens Tweed Shire councillor Katie Milne fails to have property developer Bob Ell’s defamation action dismissed as an abuse of process … Gold Coast “party house from hell” owner has most of her “patently hopeless” defamation and breach of privacy actions struck out ... more

Bleak City shenanigans … A man who complained to the Australian Press Council about Andrew Bolt sues him for alleging he is a vexatious litigant … Meanwhile the Bolt-complainant is sued by the man who successfully sued Yahoo and Google for linking him to the underworld ... more

Man claims police defamed him during search of parents’ house … State of WA partially successful in striking out witness evidence just before trial ... more

Sister’s application to stay her “litigious” brother’s defamation case dismissed … Conduct of proceedings not improper despite AVO against plaintiff ... more

WA treasurer Troy Buswell succeeds in preventing his former lover from circulating his statement of claim to the press until after the WA election … Media granted access to affidavit and written submissions ... more

Defamation disguised as injurious falsehood struck out … NSW Supreme Court Justice Lucy McCallum describes the proceedings as “a transparent device to obtain a permanent injunction” ... more