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New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : Patten v Moffatt & Ors [1999] NSWSC 1322 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : 13089/92 HEARING DATE(S) : 13 December 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 17 February 2000
Wesley John Patten (Pl) Tom Moffatt (1 Def) PARTIES : Glen Rose (2 Def) The State of New South Wales (3 Def) Australian Broadcasting Commission (X-Def) JUDGMENT OF : Kirby J
COUNSEL : B McClintock SC (Defs) T K Tobin QC/J C Gibson (X-Def) SOLICITORS : Crown Solicitor (Defs) Judith Walker - ABC (X-Def) CATCHWORDS : Costs of Cross Claim Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 - s5 Defamation Act 1974 - s13 ACTS CITED : Wrongs Act 1936 - s25 Supreme Court Act 1970 - s76 Law Reform (Married Women & Tortfeasors) Act 1935 (UK) Merewether v Nixon (1897) 101 ER 1337 Brambles Constructions Pty Ltd v Helmers (1966) 114 CLR 213 Hanson v Matthew Bros Contractors Ltd & Anor (1991) 55 SASR 183 Coppins v Helmers (1969) 72 SR (NSW) 273 Jerred v T Roddam Dent & Son Ltd (Glen Line Ltd Third Party) [1948] 2 All ER 104 Brazendale v Kenna [1961] Tas SR 199 CASES CITED : Sherras v Van der Maat [1989] 1 Qld R 114 Blackburn v State of New South Wales (Hunt J, unreported, 31 January 1991) Skinner & Edwards (Builders) Pty Ltd v Australian Telecommunications Corp (1992) 27 NSWLR 567 Quirk v Bowden (1992-3) 112 ACTR 1 The Mill Wall (1905) P105 at 174 Johnson's Tyne Foundary Pty Ltd v Maffra Corporation (1948) 77 CLR 544 Ritter v Godfrey [1920] 2 KB 47 DECISION : Refer para 46
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