TCN CHANNEL NINE PTY LIMITED v HENRY ALFRED ANNING [2002] NSWCA 82

Reported Decision : (2002) 54 NSWLR 333 (2002) Aust Torts Reports 81-649

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : TCN CHANNEL NINE PTY LIMITED v HENRY ALFRED ANNING [2002] NSWCA 82 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40232/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 21/11/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 March 2002

PARTIES : TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd (Appellant) Henry Alfred Anning (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Mason P at 191; Grove J at 192

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT DC 70238/98; DC 3218/00 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT English DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : B R McClintock SC / J Sleight (Appellant) S Littlemore QC / N Adams (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Gilbert & Tobin (Appellant) Priority Legal Services (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : TORTS - trespass to land - whether implied licence to enter - whether express licence to enter - where journalist and cameramen entered land with cameras rolling - scope of damages - consequential damages - whether damages for personal injury (mental trauma) recoverable - exemplary damages - whether necessary to separately identify amount - aggravated damages - TORTS - trespass to land - expert evidence - whether open to accept evidence - whether absence of cross-examination precluded acceptance - whether inadequate reasons for preferring evidence Environmental Offences and Penalties Act 1984 LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Supreme Court Act 1970 ABC v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd [2001] HCA 63; 76 ALJR 1 Adams v Kennedy (2000) 49 NSWLR 78 Allsop v Allsop (1860) 5 H & N 534 at 536; 157 ER 1292 Anderson v Buckton (1719) 1 Strange 192; 93 ER 467 Anderson v Fairfax (1883) 4 NSWR 183 Annetts v Australian Stations Pty Ltd (2000) 23 WAR 35 Attorney-General v Hewitt [2000] 2 NZLR 110 Baker v Bolton (1808) 1 Camp 493; 170 ER 1033 Barker v The Queen (1983) 153 CLR 338 Barker v The Queen (1994) 54 FCR 451 Bennett v Allcott (1787) 2 Tr 166; 100 ER 90 Bond v Kelly (1873) 4 Australian Jurist Reports 153 Bracegirdle v Orford (1813) 2 M & S 77; 105 ER 311 Bruce v Rawlins (1770) 3 Wils KB 61; 95 ER 934 Brunner v Williams [1975] Crim LR 250 Bunyan v Jordan (1936-1937) 57 CLR 1 Burdett v Abbot (1811) 14 East 1; 104 ER 501 Byrne v Kinematograph Renters Society Ltd [1958] 1 WLR 762 Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Ltd v XL Petroleum (NSW) Pty Ltd [1982] 2 NSWLR 852 Coco v The Queen (1993-1994) 179 CLR 427 Daubney v Cooper (1830) 10 B & C 830; 109 ER 657 Ellis v Wallsend District Hospital (1989) 17 NSWLR 553 Ellison v L [1998] 1 NZLR 416 Emcorp Pty Ltd v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [1988] 2 Qd R 169 Entick v Carrington (1765) 2 Wils 275; 95 ER 807 Environment Protection Authority v Anning (1998) 100 LGERA 354 Gray v Motor Accident Commission (1998) 196 CLR 1 HG v The Queen (1999) 197 CLR 414 Halliday v Nevill (1984) 155 CLR 1 Healing (Sales) Pty Ltd v Inglis Electrix Pty Ltd (1968) 121 CLR 584 Henry v Thompson [1989] 2 Qd R 412 Hillier v Lucas [2000] SASC 331 Hogan v A. G. Wright Pty Ltd [1963] Tas SR 44 Huxley v Berg (1815) 1 Stark 98; 171 ER 413 Inglis Electrix Pty Ltd v Healing (Sales) Pty Ltd (1967) 69 SR(NSW) 311 Janvier v Sweeney [1919] 2 KB 316 Johnstone v Stewart [1968] SASR 142 CASES CITED: Lamb v Cotogno (1987) 164 CLR 1 Lee v Kennedy [2000] NSWCA 153 Lincoln Hunt Australia Pty Ltd v Willesee (1986) 4 NSWLR 457 Lippl v Haines (1989) 18 NSWLR 620 Makita (Australia) Pty Ltd v Sprowles [2001] NSWCA 305 Mayfair Ltd v Pears [1987] 1 NZLR 459 Merest v Harvey (1814) 5 Taunt 442; 128 ER 761 Morgan v Tame (2000) 49 NSWLR 21 Morris v Beardmore [1981] AC 446 NRMA Insurance Ltd v Tatt (1989) 92 ALR 299 Nevill v Halliday [1983] 2 VR 553 Palmer Bruyn & Parker Pty Ltd v Parsons [2001] HCA 69; 76 ALJR 163 Papps v Police (2000) 77 SASR 210 Pettitt v Dunkley [1971] 1 NSWLR 376 Piglowska v Piglowski [1999] 1 WLR 1360 Pollack v Volpato [1973] 1 NSWLR 653 Pritchard v Long (1842) 9 M & W 666; 152 ER 281 Plenty v Dillon (1990-1991) 171 CLR 635 Plenty v Dillon [1997] SASC 6372 R v Marylebone Magistrates Court ex parte Amdrell Ltd [1998] EWHC Admin 322; [1999] Env LR D11 Robson v Hallett [1967] 2 QB 939 Russell v Corne (1703) 2 Ld Raym 1031; 92 ER 185 Sanders v Snell (1997) 73 FCR 569 Sanders v Snell (1999) 196 CLR 329 Semayne's Case (1604) 5 Co Rep 91a; 77 ER 194 Singh v Smithenbecker (1923) 23 SR(NSW) 207 Svingos v Deacon [1971] 2 SASR 126 T v Medical Board of South Australia (1992) 58 SASR 382 TV3 Network Services Ltd v Broadcasting Standards Authority [1995] 2 NZLR 720 Todorovic v Moussa [2001] NSWCA 419 Uren v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd (1965-1966) 117 CLR 118 Wasson v California Standard Co (1964) 47 DLR (2d) 71 Waters v Maynard (1924) 24 SR(NSW) 618 Whitfield v De Lauret & Co Ltd (1920) 29 CLR 71 Wilkinson v Downton [1897] 2 QB 57 Willcox v Kettell [1937] 1 All ER 222 Wilson v Layne (1999) 526 US 603 Wormald v Cole [1954] 1 QB 614 XL Petroleum (NSW) Pty Ltd v Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Ltd (1984-1985) 155 CLR 448 DECISION : Parties to bring in short minutes to reflect reasons