NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Rivkin v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 921 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20086 of 1998 HEARING DATE(S) : 5 October 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 October 2001
RENE RIVKIN (Plaintiff)
PARTIES : v
AMALGAMATED TELEVISION SERVICES PTY LIMITED (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Levine J
M Richardson (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : M Lynch (Defendant) Gilbert & Tobin (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Interrogatories - defense under s 377(8) Criminal Code Act (Qld) 1899 - aggravated damages - conduct of counsel outside Court Criminal Code Act (Qld) 1899 LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 1974 (NSW) Defamation Act 1889 (Qld) Erwin v South Down Press (1976) VR 335 CASES CITED : Pervan v North Queensland Newspaper Co. Limited & Anor (1993) 117 CLR 569 Trigell v Pheeney (1951) 82 CLR 497 DECISION : See paragraphs 23-25
DLJ: 2 [2001] NSWSC 921
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION DEFAMATION LIST 20086 of 1998
JUSTICE DAVID LEVINE
FRIDAY 19 OCTOBER 2001 RENE RIVKIN (Plaintiff)
v Amalgamated Television Services Pty limited (Defendant)
Judgment (Interrogatories – defense under s 377(8) Criminal Code Act (Qld) 1899 – aggravated damages – conduct of counsel outside Court)
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