Regina (C'Wealth) v Baladjam & Ors [No 44] [2008] NSWSC 1463

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Regina (C'Wealth) v Baladjam & Ors [No 44] [2008] NSWSC 1463

HEARING DATE(S) : 08/09/08

JUDGMENT DATE : 8 September 2008

JURISDICTION : Criminal

JUDGMENT OF : Whealy J at 1

DECISION : 1. An order that until further order Channel 7 be restrained from broadcsting the news item concerning the accused advertised by Channel 7 on Sunday 7 September 2008 as being a news item that would be broadcast on Channel 7 evening news bulletin on Monday, 8 September 2008 at 6pm. 2. Stand over motion until 11.30am on Tuesday, 9 September 2008. 3 Liberty to apply. 4 Costs reserved.

CATCHWORDS : CIVIL LAW - Injunction to restrain media from publishing a broadcast on its national news program - Contempt of Court - Principles applicable to restrain threatened contempt of Court.

Ex Parte Bread Manufacturers; Re Truth & Sportsmen Limited (1937) 37 SR NSW 242 at 248 CASES CITED : Civil Aviation Authority v Australian Broadcasting Corporation NSWCA 51 9 June 1994 Waterhouse & Anor v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1986) 6 NSWLR at 733 DPP v Francis & Anor [2006] A Crim R 162 at 134

Regina (C'Wealth) v Omar BALADJAM [No 44] Regina (C'Wealth) v Khaled CHEIKHO Regina (C'Wealth) v Moustafa CHEIKHO Regina (C'Wealth) v Mohamed Ali ELOMAR PARTIES : Regina (C'Wealth) v Abdul Rakib HASAN Regina (C'Wealth) v Mohammed Omar JAMAL Regina (C'Wealth) v Mirsad MULAHALILOVIC Regina (C'Wealth) v Khaled SHARROUF Regina (C'Wealth) v Mazen TOUMA

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2007/2397001; ; 2007/2395001; 2007/2398001; 2007/2399001; 2007/2400001; 2007/2452001; 2007/2454001; 2007/2396001; 2007/2455001