I think that this should be in this thread. If not please move.
Harness Racing NSW Fail in Challenge to Defamation Claims
Trainers Dean McDowell and Neil Day are suing Harness Racing NSW in the Supreme Court of NSW for defamation in relation to media releases published in April and May 2014. Mr McDowell & Mr Day claim that the media releases suggested that as trainers (a) they are in danger to the integrity of the harness racing industry, (b) they achieved victory for a horse by administering a substance above the legal limit and (c) they are cheats in harness racing.
On Friday 10 April 2015, Harness Racing NSW tried in three ways to challenge the trainers case about the meaning of the press releases, all of which failed. Justice Lucy McCallum found the case as pleaded was suitable to go to trial and ordered Harness Racing NSW pay the trainers legal costs.
http://us10.campaign-archive1.com/?u...1&e=7520800204