Gorman v McKnight (No 2) [2021] NSWCA 33

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Gorman v McKnight (No 2) [2021] NSWCA 33 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 17 March 2021 Decision date: 17 March 2021 Before: Bell P Payne JA Emmett AJA Decision: The appellants' notice of motion dated 15 January 2021 is dismissed. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – application for amendment to reasons in Court's inherent jurisdiction – where reasons extracted the transcript of a recording authorised under the Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NSW) and tendered in open court – where transcript not subject to a non-publication order or suppression order – whether publication of transcript contrary to s 40 of the Surveillance Devices Act – application dismissed Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) Listening Devices Act 1984 (NSW), s 13 Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NSW), ss 39, 40 Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (Cth), s 63 Cases Cited: Estate Judd v McKnight; Gammage v Estate Judd, Channell v Estate Judd; McKnight v Estate Judd (No. 2) [2018] NSWSC 462 Estate Judd v McKnight; Gammage v Estate Judd, Channell v Estate Judd; McKnight v Estate Judd (No.4) [2018] NSWSC 1489 Gorman v McKnight [2020] NSWCA 20 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Trevor Athol Gorman (First Appellant; First Applicant on the motion) Ian Alexander Duncan (Second Appellant; Second Applicant on the motion) Christopher John McKnight (First Respondent) Craig Andrew Channell (Second Respondent) Aaron Gammage (Third Respondent) Representation: Counsel: C Parkin (Appellants)