AAMAC Warehousing & Transport Pty Limited & Ors v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited & Ors [2009] NSWSC 1030

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : AAMAC Warehousing & Transport Pty Limited & Ors v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited & Ors [2009] NSWSC 1030

HEARING DATE(S) : 24 September 2009

JUDGMENT DATE : 28 September 2009

JURISDICTION : Equity

JUDGMENT OF : Slattery J at 1

ORDERS: DECISION : (1) The plaintiffs fail on their fresh application for injunctive relief against the defendants filed on 25 September 2009. (2) The plaintiffs fail on their application for restraints against the publication of the South Pacific representation and the criminal affiliation representation. (3) Dismiss the plaintiffs' Notice of Motion dated 25 September 2009

CATCHWORDS : EQUITY - equitable remedies - injunctions - ex parte injunction against publication discharged for the plaintiffs' deliberate non-disclosure - temporary stay granted - fresh application for injunction - plaintiffs' claim for injurious falsehood and misleading and deceptive conduct - no serious question to be tried on issues of malice and the application of s 60 Fair Trading Act - in substance a claim for defamation - defendant propses to defend - caution in interfering with defendants' right of free speech by prior restraint - injunction declined.

LEGISLATION CITED : Fair Trading Act Trade Practices Act

CATEGORY : Principal judgment

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