TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd v Ilvariy Pty Ltd [2008] NSWCA 9

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd v Ilvariy Pty Ltd [2008] NSWCA 9

HEARING DATE(S): 29 and 30 November 2007

JUDGMENT DATE: 19 February 2008

JUDGMENT OF: Spigelman CJ at 1; Beazley JA at 97; Hodgson JA at 98

1 In par [1075] of the judgment of Smart AJ vary par [2] by substituting $170,000 for $230,000, and vary par [5] by substituting $20,000 for $50,000 DECISION: 2 The respondents pay half of the appellants' costs of the appeal 3 The respondents to have a certificate under the Suitors Fund Act if otherwise entitled.

CATCHWORDS: DAMAGES – trespass to property – general and aggravated damages – principle of no double counting – whether manifestly excessive - DAMAGES – trespass to property – exemplary damages – proper approach for awarding – type of conduct attracting – whether manifestly excessive - TRADE PRACTICES – consumer protection – misleading and deceptive conduct – whether in trade or commerce – Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), s 52 – application to prescribed information providers - whether conduct protected by Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), s 65A - TRADE PRACTICES – consumer protection – interpretation of Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), s 52 and s 82 – whether the provisions should be read down so as not to extend to publications that engage defamation law – whether the provisions should be read down so as not to extend to publications defensible under defamation law - WORDS AND PHRASES – "in trade or commerce"

Civil Liability Act 2002 LEGISLATION CITED: Suitors' Fund Act 1951 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)

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