Marsden v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Limited [2000] NSWSC 96

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Marsden v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Limited [2000] NSWSC 96 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20223 of 1995; 20592 of 1996 HEARING DATE(S) : 25 February 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 February 2000

JOHN MARSDEN (Plaintiff)

v PARTIES : AMALGAMATED TELEVISION SERVICES PTY LIMITED (Defendant)

POLICE SERVICE OF NEW SOUTH WALES (On Subpoena) JUDGMENT OF : Levine J

I Barker Q.C. M R Hall (Plaintiff)

COUNSEL : R Stitt Q.C. J S Wheelhouse (Defendant)

P Lakatos (Police Service) Phillips Fox (Plaintiff)

SOLICITORS : Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Defendant)

Crown Solicitors Office (Police Service - on subpoena) CATCHWORDS : On application by Police Service of New South Wales for Public Interest immunity in respect of documents under subpoena - T4294 DECISION : See paragraph 6

DLJT: 102 (Ex Tempore - Revised) [2000] NSWSC 96

THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION DEFAMATION LIST No. 20223 of 1995 No. 20592 of 1996

JUSTICE DAVID LEVINE

FRIDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2000

JOHN MARSDEN (Plaintiff)

v

AMALGAMATED TELEVISION SERVICES PTY LIMITED ACN 000 145 246 (Defendant)

POLICE SERVICE OF NEW SOUTH WALES (On Subpoena)

JUDGMENT (On application by Police Service of NSW for Public Interest Immunity in respect of documents under subpoena - T4294)