Marsden v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Limited [2000] NSWSC 378

Marsden v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Limited [2000] NSWSC 378

The exchange of correspondence had some relevance to the identified issues concerning the defendant's conduct and the plaintiff's non-participation in the program, so the documents were admitted as exhibit 143; their ultimate status would be a matter for later argument.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
08 May 2000
Procedural Posture
Defamation Proceeding / Admissibility Ruling on Tender of Correspondence
Outcome
Documents admitted as exhibit 143.
Legal Topics
['admissibility' 'relevance' 'reasonableness' "plaintiff's Non Participation in Program"]
['defamation' 'evidence'] ['admissibility' 'relevance' 'reasonableness' "plaintiff's Non Participation in Program"]

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Procedural Posture

Defamation Proceeding / Admissibility Ruling on Tender of Correspondence

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether an exchange of correspondence dated 15 March 1995 should be admitted as relevant to the defendant's conduct in publishing the Witness programme over a year later, the plaintiff not being invited to participate in it, and the reasons therefor."]

Ratio Decidendi

The exchange of correspondence had some relevance to the identified issues concerning the defendant's conduct and the plaintiff's non-participation in the program, so the documents were admitted as exhibit 143; their ultimate status would be a matter for later argument.

Court Disposition

Documents admitted as exhibit 143.

Orders

  • ['The exchange of correspondence was admitted as exhibit 143.']