NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision: 70 NSWLR 643
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: NEW SOUTH WALES COMMISSIONER OF POLICE v NATIONWIDE NEWS PTY LTD & ANOR [2007] NSWCA 366
HEARING DATE(S): 4 May 2007 (written submissions 4 July 2007)
JUDGMENT DATE: 8 February 2008
JUDGMENT OF: Mason P at 1; Ipp JA at 84; Basten JA at 85
DECISION: Orders of Hall J varied, otherwise appeal dismissed with no order as to costs. See para [83](6)
CATCHWORDS: PROCEDURE – Miscellaneous procedure matters – other matters – inherent jurisdiction of Supreme Court – non-publication order – grounds for non-publication – disclosure not in the public interest – public interest immunity – weighed against proper administration of justice – open justice principle – where information previously disclosed in open court – maintaining integrity of police investigations and safety of officers – whether real risk if non-publication refused
Alister v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 404 Attorney General (NSW) v Mayas (1988) 14 NSWLR 342 Attorney-General (NSW) v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCCA 307 Attorney-General (NSW) v Stuart (1994) 34 NSWLR 667 Brennan v State of New South Wales [2006] NSWSC 167 Brennan v State of New South Wales [2006] NSWSC 275 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 John Fairfax & Sons Ltd v Police Tribunal of New South Wales (1986) 5 NSWLR 465 John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd (Receivers and Managers Appointed) v Local Court of New South Wales (1991) 26 NSWLR 131 CASES CITED: John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v District Court of New South Wales (2004) 61 NSWLR 344 Paringa Mining & Exploration Co Plc v North Flinders Mines Ltd (1988) 165 CLR 452 R v H [2004] 2 AC 134 Raybos Australia Pty Ltd v Jones (1985) 2 NSWLR 47 Re Applications by Chief Commissioner of Police (2004) 9 VR 275, [2004] VSCA 3 Sankey v Whitlam (1978) 142 CLR 1 Scott v Scott [1913] AC 417 The Commonwealth v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1980) 147 CLR 39 The Commonwealth v Northern Land Council (1992) 176 CLR 604 Warren v Coombes (1979) 142 CLR 531 Western Australia v Christie (2005) 30 WAR 514
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