Mallegowda v Sood

[2019] NSWCA 37

NSW Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Court of Appeal
3. › Leave to appeal
4. › District Court civil proceedings
5. › Whether appeal has sufficient prospects of success
6. › District Court Act 1973 (NSW), s 127(2)(c)
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Subpoenas
3. › Issue of subpoena before close of pleadings
4. › Whether leave required
5. › Whether documents obtained by subpoena admissible
6. › Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 7.3
1. Defamation
2. › Publication
3. › Test for liability as publisher
4. › Whether setting up email account for purpose of sending anonymous defamatory email constitutes publication
5. › Webb v Bloch (1928) 41 CLR 331
1. Evidence
2. › Admissibility
3. › Business records
4. › Documents produced under subpoena by Google Inc
5. › Whether authenticity established without calling witness from producing party

Quick Take

Practitioners in defamation should note that establishing an email account for the purpose of enabling another to send an anonymous defamatory email constitutes publication under Webb v Bloch, and that there is no general requirement for leave to issue subpoenas before close of pleadings in defamation proceedings.

Case Details

Citation[2019] NSWCA 37

CourtNSWCA

JurisdictionNew South Wales

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