Perdon Pty Ltd v Law Coast Mortgages Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 478

Perdon Pty Ltd v Law Coast Mortgages Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 478

Because the document was defamatory, had been filed primarily as an abuse of process to attempt to cloak it with privilege, and there was a threat to disclose its contents to the press, the balance of convenience was wholly in favour of the applicants on the notice of motion and an interim injunction restraining...

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Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
12 April 1999
Procedural Posture
Notice of Motion for Interlocutory Injunction Restraining Publication of Allegedly Defamatory Material / Interim Orders Made Ex Tempore; Notice of Motion Adjourned for Further Hearing
Outcome
Interim injunction and ancillary orders granted; costs reserved; notice of motion adjourned for further hearing.
Legal Topics
['interlocutory Injunction' 'abuse of Process' 'publication of Defamatory Material' 'privilege' 'balance of Convenience' 'sealing of Court Documents' 'intervention']
['defamation' 'civil Procedure'] ['interlocutory Injunction' 'abuse of Process' 'publication of Defamatory Material' 'privilege' 'balance of Convenience' 'sealing of Court Documents' 'intervention']

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Procedural Posture

Notice of Motion for Interlocutory Injunction Restraining Publication of Allegedly Defamatory Material / Interim Orders Made Ex Tempore; Notice of Motion Adjourned for Further Hearing

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the document exhibited to the affidavit was defamatory of the respondents and interveners.' 'Whether the document was filed in the proceedings as an abuse of process to cloak it with privilege before threatened publication to the press.' 'Whether the Court should grant an interim injunction restraining publication of the document and words to similar effect.']

Ratio Decidendi

Because the document was defamatory, had been filed primarily as an abuse of process to attempt to cloak it with privilege, and there was a threat to disclose its contents to the press, the balance of convenience was wholly in favour of the applicants on the notice of motion and an interim injunction restraining publication was warranted.

Court Disposition

Interim injunction and ancillary orders granted; costs reserved; notice of motion adjourned for further hearing.

Orders

  • ['The applicant, Perdon Pty Ltd, by itself, its directors, its servants and agents and its authorised agent in these proceedings Gregory Eric Rogers and everyone of them be restrained and an injunction be granted restraining the Applicant, Perdon Pty Ltd, by itself, its directors, its servants and agents and its...