Amalgamated Television Services v Marsden [1999] NSWCA 313

New South Wales Court of Appeal CITATION : Amalgamated Television Services v Marsden [1999] NSWCA 313 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40399/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 17 August 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 31 August 1999

Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd PARTIES : v John Marsden JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Meagher JA at 42; Handley JA at 43

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : CLD 20223/95 CLD 20592/96 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Levine J

COUNSEL : A: JS Wheelhouse; RC Titterton R: G O'L Reynolds SC; RG McHugh SOLICITORS : A: Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Sydney R: Phillips Fox, Sydney CATCHWORDS : Interlocutory appeal - Trial judge's order restricting inspection set aside by Court of Appeal - Inspection permitted - Present application to trial judge to restrict inspection - Whether open to trial judge to displace Court of Appeal's order by reference to matters which could have been, but were not, argued in the Court of Appeal - Role of notice of contention ACTS CITED : Supreme Court Rules Supreme Court Act 1970 Waind v Hill and National Employers' Mutual General Association Ltd [1978] 1 NSWLR 372 David Syme & Co Ltd v Lloyd (1985) 1 NSWLR 416 Douglas v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1983] 3 NSWLR 126 Re Wakim; Ex parte McNally (1999) 73 ALJR 839 CASES CITED: Owners of Ship "Shin Kobe Maru" v Empire Shipping Co In (1994) 120 ALR 12 Raybos Australia Pty Ltd v Tectran Corporation Pty Ltd (24 November 1992, Court of Appeal, unreported) University of Wollongong v Metwally No 2 (1985) 59 ALJR 481 Brimaud v Honeysett Instant Print Pty Ltd (19 September 1988, McLelland J, unreported) Home Office v Harmn [1983] 1 AC 280 DECISION : Appeal upheld with costs