NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : AMI Australia Holdings Pty Ltd & anor v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd & ors [2010] NSWSC 1395 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S) : 26, 27, 28 October 2009, 24, 25, 26 February, 1, 19 March 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 2 December 2010
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J
DECISION : Order for delivery up of certain material provided to first, third and fourth defendants by second defendant. Proceedings otherwise dismissed.
CATCHWORDS : TORTS – Miscellaneous torts – Other economic torts – Injurious falsehood – elements – malice – whether malice established – EQUITY – Equitable remedies – Injunctions – Injunctions for particular purposes – Other cases – to restrain breach of confidence – by third parties (journalists) – whether journalists knew or ought to have known that provision to them of the information involved a breach of confidence – where information provided by whistleblower – whether information had requisite quality of confidentiality
LEGISLATION CITED : (NSW) Medical Practice Act 1992 s 105 (UK) Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956 4 & 5 Eliz 2, c 63
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
A v Hayden (No 2) (1984) 156 CLR 532 AG Australia Holdings Ltd v Burton (2002) 58 NSWLR 464 Annesley v Earl of Anglesea (1743) 17 State Trials 1139 Attorney-General (UK) v Heinemann Publishers Australia Pty Ltd (1987) 8 NSWLR 341 Australand Holdings Ltd v Transparency & Accountability Council Inc [2008] NSWSC 669 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill [2006] HCA 46(2006) 227 CLR 57 Bacich v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1992) 29 NSWLR 1 Beechwood Homes (NSW) Pty Ltd v Camenzuli [2010] NSWSC 521 Beloff v Pressdram Ltd [1973] 1 All ER 241 British Industrial Plastics Ltd v Ferguson (1940) 58 RPC 1 British Railway Traffic & Electric Co Ltd v CRC Co Ltd & London County Council [1922] 2 KB 260 Broderick Motors Pty Ltd v Rothe (1986) Aust Tort Rep 80-059 Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 Castol Australia Pty Ltd v Emtech Associates Pty Ltd (1980) 51 FLR 184 Church of Scientology of California Incorporated v Reader's Digest Services Pty Ltd [1980] 1 NSWLR 344 Coco v A N Clark (Engineers) Limited [1969] RPC 41 Corrs Pavey Whiting & Byrne v Collector of Customs (Vic) (1987) 14 FCR 434 David Syme & Co Ltd v General Motors-Holden's Ltd [1984] 2 NSWLR 294 Dickson v Earl of Wilton (1859) 1 F&F 419, 427; 175 ER 790 Exchange Telegraph Co Ltd v Central News Limited [1897] 2 Ch 48 Exchange Telegraph Co Ltd v Howard & The London & Manchester Press Agency Ltd (1906) 22 TLR 375 Fraser v Evans [1969] 1 QB 349 Gilbert v Star Newspaper Co Ltd (1894) 11 TLR 4 Greers Ltd v Pearman & Corder Ltd (1922) 39 RPC 406, 417 Horrocks v Lowe [1974] 1 All ER 662 CASES CITED : Initial Services Ltd v Putterill [1968] 1 QB 396 John Fleming, The Law of Torts, 9th ed (1998) LBC Information Services at 780 Joyce v Sengupta [1993] 1 All ER 897 Kaplan v Go Daddy Group [2005] NSWSC 636 Kaye v Robertson (1990) 19 IPR 147 Liquid Veneer Co v Scott (1912) 29 RPC 639 London & Provincial Sporting News Agency Ltd v Levy (1928) Mac G Cop Cas (1923-28) 340 Morison v Moat (1851) 9 Hare 241, 68 ER 492 National Education Advancement Programs (NEAP) Pty Ltd v Ashton (1995) 128 FLR 334 Palmer Bruyn & Parker Pty Ltd v Parsons (2001) 208 CLR 388 Prince Albert v Strange (1849) 1 Mac & G 25, 41 ER 1171 Ratcliffe v Evans [1892] 2 QB 524 Roberts v Bass (2002) 212 CLR 1; [2002] HCA 57 Schindler Lifts Australia Pty Ltd v Debelak (1989) 89 ALR 275 Shapiro v La Morta [1923] All ER Rep 378 Smith Kline & French Laboratories (Australia) Ltd & AlphaPharm Pty Ltd v Department of Community Services (1990) 22 FCR 73 Spring v Guardian Assurance PLC [1993] 2 All ER 273 Spring v Guardian Assurance PLC [1995] 2 AC 296 Stuart v Bell [1891] 2 QB 341 Sullivan v Sclanders & Goldwell International Pty Ltd (2000) 77 SASR 419 Sungravure Pty Ltd v Middle East Airlines Airliban SAL (1975) 134 CLR 1 Swimsure (Laboratories) Pty Ltd v McDonald [1979] 2 NSWLR 796 Westpac Banking Corporation v John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd (1991) 19 IPR 513 Wilts United Dairies Ltd v Thomas Robinson Sons & Co Ltd [1957] RPC 220; Wilts United Dairies v Thomas Robinson [1958] RPC 94 Woodward v Hutchins [1977] 1 WLR 760; [1977] 2 All ER 751 Worth Recycling Pty Ltd v Waste Recycling & Processing Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 354 Wright v Gasweld Pty Ltd (1991) 22 NSWLR 317
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