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Richardson v Oracle
Corporation Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) (FCAFC) - costs -
sexual harassment proceedings - presumptive entitlement to indemnity costs (I)
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Jones v TCN Channel
Nine Pty Ltd (NSWSC) - defamation - defences -
contextual truth - imputations struck out (I)
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Ahmet v Chief
Commissioner of Police (VSCA) - subpoena - public
interest immunity - failure to weigh competing considerations - appeal allowed
(I)
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Wilson v Liquorland
Australia Pty Ltd (VSC) - administrative law - significant injury - erroneous
determination by medical panel quashed (I G)
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Austructures Pty Ltd
v Makin (VSC) - corporations - pleadings - leave to
amend certain paragraphs of statement of claim (B C)
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Ristic v Maroti (No
2) (VSC) - funds in court - proceeds of sale of
property - failure to prove contribution to relationship - payment out less
admitted sum owing (B)
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Oram v BHP Mitsui
Coal Pty Ltd (VSC) - limitation of actions -
psychiatric injury arising out of mine disaster in 1994 - prejudice (I C)
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Richardson v Oracle
Corporation Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2014] FCAFC 139
Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia
Kenny, Besanko & Perry JJ
Indemnity costs - Full Court determined appellant
entitled to increase in damages awarded to her in sexual harassment proceedings
- appellant sought pre-judgment interest and indemnity costs on basis of offer
of compromise - held: respondent did not oppose order for pre-judgment interest
- respondent did not accept offer - appellant succeeded in obtaining judgment sum
larger than offer - Court not satisfied presumptive entitlement of appellant to
indemnity costs should be displaced - mere fact that something unexpected or
unforeseen happened during litigation unlikely to provide reasons justifying
displacement - Court's decision had effected a change to level of awards for
damages in sexual harassment cases - however Court's decision was not other
than orderly development of pre-existing principle - indemnity costs ordered.
Richardson
(I)
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Jones v TCN Channel
Nine Pty Ltd
[2014] NSWSC 1453
Supreme Court of New South Wales
McCallum J
Defamation - defences - contextual truth - action arising
out segment on television programme - plaintiff objected to two contextual
implications specified by defendants - requirement that contextual imputation
be one carried in addition to the defamatory imputations complained of by
plaintiff - s16 Defamation Act 1974
(NSW) - s26 Defamation Act 2005 (NSW)
- held: one contextual imputation struck out on basis it was not capable of
meeting the requirements of s26 - other contextual imputation struck out on
basis it was not capable of arising.
Jones
(I)
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Ahmet v Chief
Commissioner of Police
[2014] VSCA 265
Court of Appeal of Victoria
Nettle JA & Sloss AJA
Subpoena - public interest immunity - applicant alleged
police assaulted him, that he was falsely imprisoned, battered and maliciously
prosecuted - trial judge set aside applicant's subpoena for production of
documents held by Commissioner concerning police officers - trial judge found
public interest in preserving confidentiality of documents outweighed public
interest in permitting disclosure - applicant sought extension of time to
appeal - r64.20(1) Supreme Court (General
Civil Procedure) Rules 2005 (Vic) - held: trial judge failed to weigh or
balance competing interests between public interest in keeping subpoenaed
documents confidential and public interest in proper administration of justice
- trial judge erred in acting on basis of general statements made by a
sergeant, rather than by inspecting subpoenaed documents for himself and
forming view about whether any damage might result from disclosure - appeal
allowed.
Ahmet
(I)
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Wilson v Liquorland
Australia Pty Ltd
[2014] VSC 545
Supreme Court of Victoria
Rush J
Administrative law - plaintiff injured arm and neck when
she slipped and fell at Liquorland's premises - plaintiff sought judicial
review of determination of medical panel that degree of impairment from her
injury did not meet threshold level for significant
injury under Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic)
- ss28LJ & 28LL - held: by disregarding a level of impairment which it
determined was due to a pre-existing, asymptomatic condition, the Panel relied
upon an irrelevant consideration, applied a wrong legal test and reached an
erroneous conclusion which invalidated its decision - Panel fell into
jurisdictional error - determination quashed.
Wilson
(I G)
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Austructures Pty Ltd
v Makin
[2014] VSC 544
Supreme Court of Victoria
Almond J
Corporations - pleadings - limitations - plaintiffs
alleged contraventions by first defendant of duties under ss180(1), 181(1),
182(1) & 183(1) Corporations Act 2001
(Cth) - statement of claim also set out limited claims against second defendant
- plaintiffs sought to amend statement of claim - plaintiffs submitted proposed
amendments expanded existing claims based on breaches of the Act to include
claims against second defendant - plaintiff also submitted amendments would
allow plaintiffs to seek extension of time, if necessary, for commencing
proceeding for breach of statutory obligations, and that they claimed from
second defendant any benefit it received from first defendant's breaches of
fiduciary obligations - addition of statute-barred causes of action -
discretion to extend time - ss1317K & 1322(4) - no later than - held: Court did not have discretion to extend time
for commencing claim for compensation order under s1317H - leave to amend
pleadings in respect of new claims of knowledge of contravening conduct refused
- leave to amend concerning claims of advantage obtained by second defendant
allowed so that question of first defendant's legal capacity between himself
and second defendant at relevant times could be determined at trial.
Austructures Pty Ltd
(B C)
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Ristic v Maroti (No
2) [2014] VSC 540
Supreme Court of Victoria
Lansdowne AsJ
Funds in court - trusts - entitlement to sum of money
deposited into the Court - sum was balance proceeds of sale of property registered
in plaintiff's name - plaintiff claimed whole of funds that remained -
defendant sought payment out to her of half of sum paid in on basis she and
plaintiff were in de facto relationship - financial and non-financial
contributions she had made to relationship - defendant claimed plaintiff should
be found to hold one half of balance of proceeds of sale on constructive trust
for her - held: defendant bore onus of proof on issue of contribution and
failed to discharge it - Court not satisfied defendant made financial or
non-financial contributions such that the plaintiff should be held to hold
balance of the funds after sale of his home on constructive trust for her, with
exception of sum of $3000 he admitted that he owed her early in dispute - defendant's
claim for alteration of property interests remained - first issue to be
determined in respect of that claim, if it were pursued, was whether leave
should be granted to allow it to be brought out of time - payment out to
plaintiff of the remaining funds in Court, less $3000.
Ristic
(B)
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Oram v BHP Mitsui
Coal Pty Ltd
[2014] QSC 230
Supreme Court of Queensland
McMeekin J
Limitation of actions - applicant sought damages in 2011
from employer for psychiatric illness arising from mine disaster which occurred
in 1994 - applicant sought to extend limitation period - ss30 & 31 Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld) -
employer's liability for psychiatric harm - delay - applicant's onus of showing
that the justice of the case required the exercise of discretion - held:
applicant had reasonable prospect of persuading tribunal of fact
that psychiatric injury to surviving employee was foreseeable outcome of
exposure to disaster - however prejudice to employer was sufficiently great
that Court could not be satisfied that fair trial could be held - applicant had
not discharged onus - proceedings left on foot to allow applicant to pursue
issue of expiration of limitation period - application dismissed unless
submissions are received on or before 4pm on 26 September 2014.
Oram (I C)
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