NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: The Movie Network Channels Pty Ltd v Optus Vision Pty Ltd [2010] NSWCA 111 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S): 25, 26 February 2010; 5 March 2010
JUDGMENT DATE: 19 May 2010
JUDGMENT OF: Macfarlan JA at 1; Young JA at 131; Sackville AJA at 153
DECISION: The appeal is dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS: CONTRACT - agreement for provision of movie television channels to pay television operator - meaning of "the Optus Vision retail price for the Movie Channels" - evidence of extrinsic facts - whether mutual knowledge of facts must be actual knowledge - distinction between denotation and connotation
Copyright Act 1956 (UK) (repealed) LEGISLATION CITED: Copyright Act 1968 Supreme Court Act 1970
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA v Ali [2002] 1 AC 251 CGU Insurance Ltd v Porthouse [2008] HCA 30; (2008) 235 CLR 103 Chappell & Co Ltd v Nestlé Co Ltd [1960] AC 87 Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales [1982] HCA 24; (1981-1982) 149 CLR 337 Coles v Wood [1981] 1 NSWLR 723 Commonwealth v McLaughlin 29 NE (2d) 821,822 (1940) (Mass) Discount Inter Shopping Co Ltd v Micrometro Ltd [1984] Ch 369 Eastman v The Queen [2000] HCA 29; (2000) 203 CLR 1 Franklins Pty Ltd v Metcash Trading Ltd [2009] NSWCA 407 Hope v RCA Photophone of Australia Pty Limited [1937] HCA 90; (1937) 59 CLR 348 Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1998] 1 WLR 896; [1998] 1 All ER 98 CASES CITED: Kanthal Australia Pty Ltd v Ministry for Industry, Technology and Commerce [1987] FCA 38; (1987) 14 ALD 559 Kuligowski v Metrobus [2004] HCA 34; (2004) 220 CLR 363 Maggbury Pty Ltd v Hafele Australia Pty Ltd [2001] HCA 70; (2001) 210 CLR 181 McCann v Switzerland Insurance Australia Ltd [2000] HCA 65; (2000) 203 CLR 579 Pacific Carriers Ltd v BNP Paribas [2004] HCA 35; (2004) 218 CLR 451 Prenn v Simmonds [1971] 1 WLR 1381; [1971] 3 All ER 237 Ramsay v Pigram [1968] HCA 34; (1967-1968) 118 CLR 271 Reardon Smith Line v Hansen-Tangen [1976] 1 WLR 989; [1976] 3 All ER 570 Roberts & Sons Inc v Kosydar 330 NE (2d) 437 (Ohio) (1975) Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust v South Sydney City Council [2002] HCA 5; (2002) 76 ALJR 436 The Council of the Upper Hunter County District v Australian Chilling and Freezing Co Ltd [1968] HCA 8; (1967-1968) 118 CLR 429 Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 52; (2004) 219 CLR 165 Zhu v Treasurer of the State of New South Wales [2004] HCA 56; (2004) 218 CLR 530
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