Sky Channel Pty Limited v Austar Entertainment Pty Limited & Thoroughvision Pty Limited [2005] NSWSC 815

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Sky Channel Pty Limited v Austar Entertainment Pty Limited & Thoroughvision Pty Limited [2005] NSWSC 815

HEARING DATE(S) : 9/08/05, 10/08/05

JUDGMENT DATE : 11 August 2005

Equity Division JURISDICTION : Commercial List

JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J

DECISION : Interlocutory orders to be extended until determination of proceedings. [NOTE: THIS VERSION OF THE JUDGMENT CONTAINS SOME PARAGRAPHS REDACTED BY REASON OF THE COURT'S CONFIDENTIALITY ORDERS RESTRICTING ACCESS TO THE UNREDACTED VERSION TO CERTAIN NOMINATE PERSONS]

CATCHWORDS : Contract - Long term Pay Television License Agreement - Dispute between two content aggregators of horseracing content in Australia - Equity - Express negative contractual stipulation - Event of default - Obligation to give notice requiring material bridge to be remedied - Contracting party may be said to have a right to the performance of the contract by the other contracting party

Broadcasting Services Act (1992) LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Trade Practices Act (1974) (Cth)

American Cyanamid Co v Ethicon Ltd [1975] AC 396 Appleton Papers Inc v Tomasetti Paper Pty Limited [1983] 3 NSWLR 208 Batson v De Carvalho (1948) 48 SR (NSW) 417 Beecham Group Limited v Bristol Laboratories Pty Limited (1968) 118 CLR 618 Burger King Corp v Hungry Jack's Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 187 Eng Mee Yong v Letchumanan [1980] AC 331 CASES CITED : Magna Alloys and Research Pty Limited v Coffey [1981] VR 23 O'Keefe v Williams (1910) 11 CLR 171 Plimpton v Spiller (1877) 6 Ch D 412 Shercliff v Engadine Acceptance Corporation (1978) 1 NSWLR 729 Stollznow v Calvert (1980) 2 NSWLR 749 Zhu v The Treasurer of the State of New South Wales [2004] HCA 56