Seven Network (Operations) Limited and Anor v Amber Harrison [2017] NSWSC 952

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Seven Network (Operations) Limited and Anor v Amber Harrison [2017] NSWSC 952 Hearing dates: 10, 11, 12 July 2017 Date of orders: 17 July 2017 Decision date: 17 July 2017 Before: Sackar J Decision: See [90] Catchwords: EQUITY - Equitable Remedies – Declaratory Relief

COSTS - Party/Party — General rule that costs follow the event — Application of the rule and discretion Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) Jurisdiction of the Courts (Cross Vesting) Act 1987 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 Baltic Shipping Co v Dillon (The Mikhail Lermentov) (1991) 22 NSWLR 1 Baulderstone Hornibrook Engineering Pty Ltd v Gordian Runoff Ltd (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 12 Brenner v First Artists Management Pty Ltd [1993] 2 VR 221 Chaina v Alvaro Homes Pty Ltd [2008] NSWCA 353 Degmam Pty Ltd (In liq) v Wright (No 2) [1983] 2 NSWLR 354 Colgate-Palmolive Co v Cussons Pty Ltd (Colgate-Palmolive) (1993) 46 FCR 225 Director General, Department of Education and Training v MT (No 2) [2006] NSWCA 320 Ex parte Venture Industries Pty Ltd (No 2) (1996) 72 FCR 151 Fender v St John-Mildmay [1938] AC 1 Fountain Selected Meats (Sales) Pty Ltd v International Produce Merchants Pty Ltd [1988] FCA 202 Forster v Jododex (1972) 127 CLR 421 George Zoltan Ajkay v Hickey & Co Pty Ltd [2011] NSWSC 822 Hospital Products Ltd v United States Surgical Corporation (1984) 156 CLR 41 Kazar (Liquidator) v Kargarian; Re Frontier Architects Pty Ltd (in liq) (2011) 197 FCR 113 Peters v Peters (1907) 7 SR (NSW) 398 Ragata Developments Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corp (1993) 217 ALR 175 Rural Press Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (2003) 216 CLR 53 Seller v Jones [2014] NSWCA 19 Seven Network (Operations) Limited and Anor v Amber Harrison [2017] NSWSC 405 Seven Network (Operations) Limited v Amber Harrison [2017] NSWSC 129 Smeaton Hanscomb & Co Ltd v Sassoon I Setty, Son & Co (No 2) [1953] 2 All ER 1588 Waterman v Gerling Australia Insurance Co Pty Ltd (No 2) [2005] NSWSC White v Overland [2001] FCA 1333 Williams v Powell [1894] 1 WN 141 Texts Cited: GE Dal Pont, Law of Costs, (3rd ed 2013, LexisNexis Butterworths) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Seven Network (Operations) Limited (First Plaintiff/First Cross-Defendant) Seven West Media Limited (Second Plaintiff/Second Cross-Defendant)