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New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : Kwok v Thang [1999] NSWSC 1034 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : 4161/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 30 September 1999, 8 October 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 8 October 1999
Kwok Fu Shing (P) PARTIES : David Ly Tien (Thien) Thang (D1) Christine Young (D2) JUDGMENT OF : Austin J
COUNSEL : J Ireland QC with S Habib (P) D Bertini (D) SOLICITORS : Allen Allen & Hemsley (P) Grahame W Howe & Co (D) CATCHWORDS : EQUITY - injunctions - interlocutory injunction to restrain publication of videotape of pop star's encounter in hotel room - requirement for serious question to be tried where law is unsettled ; EQUITY - breach of confidence with respect to videotape - whether description of contents of videotape in newspaper article destroys obligation of confidentiality; PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application for interlocutory order to disclose number and whereabouts of videotapes - whether interrogatories more appropriate ACTS CITED : Listening Devices Act 1969 (Vic), ss 4, 9 Supreme Court Rules, Pt 24 r 5 & 6 Bax Global (Australia) Pty Ltd v Evans [1999] NSWSC 815 Cardile v LED Builders Pty Ltd (1999) 162 ALR 294 CASES CITED : Francome v Mirror Group Newspapers [1984] 1 WLR 892 Hellewell v The Chief Constable of Derbyshire [1995] 4 All ER 473 Kolback Securities v Epoch Mining NL (1987) 8 NSWLR 533 RCA Corporation v Reddington Rare Records [1974] 1 WLR 1445 DECISION : Injunction to restrain copying or use of videotape continued. Orders for administration of specific interrogatories
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