TORT — defamation — plaintiff brings 54 claims for publications between 2009 and 2013 in eleven successive statements of claim against a series of media defendants and their employees over 18 months — 49 claims struck out in a series of judgments and appeals in New South Wales — similar proceedings in Queensland dismissed for want of prosecution — four of the remaining five publications published to limited recipients — plaintiff's failure to answer requests for particulars of the statements of claim — deficient pleas of publication, aggravated and special damages — current pleading still unsatisfactory — whether plaintiff's conduct of the litigation demonstrates "arrant disregard" of the court process (Templar v Britton (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 587 at [37]) — Dank v Cronulla Sutherland District Rugby League Football Club Ltd [2014] NSWCA 288 — whether proceedings should be struck out as an abuse of process pursuant to rr 12.7 and 13.4 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) due to the plaintiff's failure to prosecute the proceedings with dispatch — proportionality — ss 56 — 62 and 67 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) — Bleyer v Google Inc [2014] NSWSC 897 — whether the proceedings should be struck out on the basis that the plaintiff's failure to comply with court directions renders the proceedings an abuse of process, in the sense that the interest at stake is disproportionate to the resources of the Court and of the parties that will have to be expended to determine the plaintiff's claim — proceedings struck out pursuant to r 12.7 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) and ss 60, 61 and 67 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW)
