eisa Limited v Damien Brady & 2 Ors [2000] NSWSC 929

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : eisa Limited v Damien Brady & 2 Ors [2000] NSWSC 929 revised - 4/10/2000 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3430/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 28 September 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 September 2000

eisa Limited (ACN 077 368 257) (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Damien Brady (First Defendant) TR Corporate Services Pty Ltd (ACN 092 142 491) (Second Defendant) Nishi No Kaze Hare Pty Ltd (ACN 064 571 642) (Third Defendant JUDGMENT OF : Santow J

Ms M Stiel (Solicitor) (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : A P Coleman (Defendants) K Smark (John Fairfax Publications P/L) SOLICITORS : Allen, Allen & Hemsley (Plaintiff) The Argyle Partnership (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE — Supreme Court — Ex parte injunctive interlocutory proceedings resulting in Mareva orders but proceedings on merits otherwise not heard — Access sought to pleadings against wishes of the parties by non-party financial newspaper on public interest grounds — Practice Note No. 97 and Pt 67 r7 SCR — Relevant principles guiding discretion — Harman principle — Comparison with transcript. Corporations Law ss181 and 182 Defamation Act 1974 (NSW) s24 Schedule 2 cl. 2(5) LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Section 80 Supreme Court Rules Pt 65 r7 and Practice Note No. 97; r3(1) United Kingdom Human Rights Act 1998 Article 6 Akins v Abigroup Pty Ltd (1983) 43 NSWLR 539 Home Office v Harman [1983] 1 AC 280 Jamieson v R (1993) 177 CLR 574 Lilley v Rouly (1892) 61 LJQB 727 Linter Group Ltd (in liq) v Price Waterhouse ([2000] VSC 90, 20 March 2000, unreported) CASES CITED : Mann v O'Neill [1997] Aust Torts R 64,309 O'Neill v Mann (1994) 49 FCR 370 R v Davis (1995) 57 FCR 512 Revis v Smith (1856) 18 CB 126; 139 ER 1314 Scott v Scott [1913] AC 417 Springfield Nominees Pty Ltd v Bridgeland Securities Ltd (1992) 38 FCR 217 Stonham v Legislative Assembly (No. 1) (1999) 90 IR 325 DECISION : Access denied. Applicant to pay Plaintiff and Defendants' costs.