LAW – NEW SOUTH WALES – CASES

Harrison found liable to pay Seven’s costs

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Original article by Misa Han
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 18-Jul-17

Seven West Media is unlikely to enforce a costs order against former employee Amber Harrison provided she complies with a non-disclosure agreement. The Supreme Court of New South Wales has ruled that Harrison must pay Seven’s legal costs on an indemnity basis. Justice John Sacker said that Seven had incurred
"unnecessary and significant legal costs" due to Harrison’s
"unreasonable" actions in pursuing legal action against the media group.

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SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Voelte to pay ABC legal costs after defamation case fails

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Original article by Misa Han
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 2 : 20-Jul-16

A jury has rejected a defamation lawsuit against the ABC over a news story that was broadcast on "The Business" in November 2014. Former Seven Group Holdings CEO Don Voelte had alleged that the story on Seven Group’s takeover of Nexus Energy was defamatory. The story claimed that the former Nexus chairman had "dudded" shareholders and that he had "switched camps". Voelte has been ordered to pay most of the public broadcaster’s legal costs.

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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, SEVEN GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX SVW, NEXUS ENERGY LIMITED, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Dobbed in, found guilty

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Original article by Misa Han
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 2 : 3-Jun-16

Former investment banker Oliver Curtis could be jailed for up to five years after being convicted of conspiracy to commit insider trading. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission had alleged that he profited by using market-sensitive information to trade contracts for difference in 2007 and 2008. Curtis had used inside information supplied by co-conspirator John Hartman, an equities dealer at Orion Asset Management. Hartman has served a 15-month jail term, and received a reduced sentence for providing evidence against Curtis.

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ORION ASSET MANAGEMENT (AUST) PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION, MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED – ASX MQG, LYNAS CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX LYC, CLIFFORD CHANCE

WIN loses streaming battle against Nine

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 29-Apr-16

The Supreme Court of New South Wales has dismissed WIN Corporation’s application for an injunction to stop Nine Entertainment Company from streaming its metropolitan TV channels into regional markets. Justice David Hammerschlag has ruled that live streaming does not constitute broadcasting under the parties’ affiliation agreement. WIN CEO Andrew Lancaster says the judgment demonstrates the need to scrap the "reach rule". The ruling may affect other regional broadcasters in negotiating new affiliation agreements.

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NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, WIN CORPORATION PTY LTD, SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES, PRIME MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX PRT, SOUTHERN CROSS MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX SXL, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, BIRKETU PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS

SBS staffer convicted over drunken post

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Original article by Leo Shanahan
The Australian – Page: 8 : 2-Dec-15

SBS employee Nicholas Hogan has been given a two-year good behaviour bond after being convicted of making threats to kill police officers. The Newton Local Court in Sydney found the editing assistant guilty on a charge of using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend. Hogan had posted a message on Facebook stating that he intended to kill a police officer in the name of Allah. The post was made one day after the funeral of police accountant Curtis Cheng, who was murdered by a Islamic extremist.

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SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE (SBS), LOCAL COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED

Rinehart sues for Hancock ‘falsehoods’

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Original article by Jared Lynch
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 21 : 3-Mar-15

Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart is seeking damages from Nine Entertainment Company for alleged defamation. Rinehart says that 20 "glaring errors" were made in Nine’s two-part TV series "House of Hancock". Her claims, including that Nine committed the tort of injurious or malicious falsehood, were filed in the Supreme Court of New South Wales in late February 2015

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NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES, HANCOCK PROSPECTING PTY LTD

NSW OSR takes action to wind up Jets over unpaid debts

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Original article by Donna Page, Brett Keeble, James Gardiner
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 38 : 6-Feb-15

Businessman Nathan Tinkler recently stated that the Newcastle Jets soccer team’s debts will be repaid in full. However, the New South Wales Office of State Revenue has made an application to the Supreme Court to have Newcastle Jets Football Operations wound up due to an outstanding debt, which is believed to concern payroll taxes. The Jets have won only one match in the 2014-15 season

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NEWCASTLE UNITED SPORTS CLUB LIMITED, NEWCASTLE JETS FOOTBALL OPERATIONS PTY LTD, NEW SOUTH WALES. OFFICE OF FINANCE AND SERVICES. OFFICE OF STATE REVENUE, FOOTBALL FEDERATION AUSTRALIA LIMITED, BRISBANE ROAR FOOTBALL CLUB PTY LTD, SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Wife who watched husband plunge to his death wins $2.6m

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The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 2 : 31-Oct-14

The Supreme Court of New South Wales has ruled that the City of Sydney and the Carlton Crest Hotel must pay more than $A2.6m in damages over the death of a motorist. The deceased hit a metal barrier while reversing his car in a multi-storey car park, falling to his death. The court found that both defendants were negligent in allowing the car park to be used when it did not comply with safety standards

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SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES, CARLTON CREST HOTEL, CITY OF SYDNEY

Petch challenges graft findings

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Original article by Leesha McKenny
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 14 : 23-Oct-14

Former Ryde City Council mayor Ivan Petch wants the Supreme Court of New South Wales to overturn an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) ruling that he engaged in corrupt conduct. Amongst other things, ICAC found that he tried to improperly influence the council’s former manager and deliberately disclosed confidential information. Petch was suspended from the city council in mid-2014

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RYDE CITY COUNCIL, NEW SOUTH WALES. INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION, SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Serial litigant’s bid against judge fails

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Original article by Michaela Whitbourn
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 9 : 13-Oct-14

New South Wales (NSW) Attorney-General Brad Hazzard is seeking to have serial litigant Tosson Mahmoud banned from launching any further cases without the express consent of the courts, drawing on the Vexatious Proceedings Act. The matter will be heard on 9 March 2015, and in October 2014 Mahmoud has applied to have Supreme Court of NSW judge Monika Schmidt excuse herself. He argues she will be biased against him due to his well-known views on women in positions of authority. Schmidt has rebuffed the move

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SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES, NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL AND JUSTICE, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES