NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Weston v Publishing and Broadcasting Limited [2010] NSWSC 1288
HEARING DATE(S) : 01/11/10
JUDGMENT DATE : 5 November 2010
JURISDICTION : Equity Division Corporations List
JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J
DECISION : Confidentiality orders to be discharged except as to litigation funding material.
CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - time for service of originating process extended on several occasions - defendants have pending application for discharge of extension orders - existing orders require that material put before court by plaintiffs on hearing of the extension applications be kept confidential - application by defendants for discharge of confidentiality orders - held legal professional privilege waived and confidentiality no longer maintainable except as to litigation funding documents
Evidence Act 1995, ss 118, 119, 122 LEGISLATION CITED : Trustee Act 1925, s 63 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, rules 1.12, 6.2(4)(a), 12.11(1)(e), 36.16(2)(b)
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Allstate Exploration NL v Ryan [2008] TASSC 79 Arthur Andersen Corporate Finance Pty Ltd v Buzzle Operations Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 104 Elfic Ltd v Macks [2000] QSC 18 Ex parte Fielder Gillespie Ltd [1984] 2 Qd R 339 House v R [1936] HCA 40; (1936) 55 CLR 499 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v District Court (NSW) [2004] NSWCA 324; (2004) 61 NSWLR 344 John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd v Local Court (NSW) (1991) 26 NSWLR 131 Macedonian Orthodox Community Church St Petka Inc v His Eminence Petar [2006] NSWCA 160; (2006) 66 NSWLR 112 CASES CITED : Mann v Carnell [1999] HCA 66; (1999) 201 CLR 1 Onefone Australia Pty Ltd v One.Tel Ltd [2007] NSWSC 1320 Re Addstone Pty Ltd (1998) 83 FCR 583 Re Addstone Pty Ltd; Ex parte Macks (unreported, FCA, Mansfield J, 8 December 1998, BC9806604) Re Kingsheath Club of Clubs Ltd [2003] FCA 1034 Rich v Long [2008] NSWSC 487 Tomko v Palasty (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 369; (2007) 71 NSWLR 61 TZ Ltd v ZMS Investments Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 138 Vacuum Oil Co Pty Ltd v Stockdale (1942) 42 SR (NSW) 239
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