Schneller v Amalgamated Television Services P/L [2000] NSWSC 978

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Schneller v Amalgamated Television Services P/L [2000] NSWSC 978 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division Defamation List FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20076/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 18/10/2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 October 2000

PARTIES : Jennifer Schneller (Pl) Amalgamated Television Services Pty Limited (Def) JUDGMENT OF : Kirby J

COUNSEL : C Evatt/M Rollinson (Pl) W H Nicholas QC/T D Blackburn (Def) SOLICITORS : Dennis & Co (Pl) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Def) CATCHWORDS : Contribution - Dismissal as abuse of process - Anshun estoppel Supreme Court Rules - Pt13 r5; Pt15 r26; Pt20 r2 LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1946 - s5(1)(c); s5(2) Crimes Act, 1900 - s562B Supreme Court Act, 1970 - s63 Bitumen & Oil Refineries (Aust) Ltd v Commissioner for Government Transport (1954-55) 92 CLR 200 Brambles Constructions Pty Ltd v Helmers (1965-66) 39 ALJR 410 Lawrence v Nominal Defendant (C of A (NSW), 2 July 1984, unreported) Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun P/L (In Liq) (1981) 147 CLR 589 CASES CITED : Andrew v Baradom Holdings P/L (1995) 36 NSWLR 700 Bryant v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1995) 57 FCR 287 Anthony Developments P/L t/as Cut-Price Rent-A-Car v G A Marsden (unreported, 25 May 1999, Kirby J) Cretazzo v Lombardi (1975) 13 SASR 4 Hughes v Western Australian Cricket Association Inc (1986) ATPR 40-748 DECISION : Ref para 59