Rinehart v Welker & Ors

[2012] HCATrans 11

[2012] HCATrans 011

IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Office of the Registry
  Sydney  No S14 of 2012

B e t w e e n -

GINIA RINEHART

Applicant

and

HOPE RINEHART WELKER

First Respondent

JOHN LANGLEY HANCOCK

Second Respondent

BIANCA HOPE RINEHART

Third Respondent

GINA RINEHART

Fourth Respondent

AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION

Fifth Respondent

JOHN FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS PTY LIMITED

Sixth Respondent

NATIONWIDE NEWS PTY LIMITED

Seventh Respondent

Publication of Orders

CRENNAN J

TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS

BY VIDEO LINK FROM MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY

ON WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2012, AT 9.47 AM

Copyright in the High Court of Australia

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HER HONOUR:   This proceeding was heard by me in Canberra by video link to Sydney on 1 February this year.  The orders of the Court are:

1.Order 1 made by the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (Bathurst CJ, McColl and Young JJA) on 19 December 2011 in the proceedings below be stayed up to and including 9 March 2012, until the application for special leave is heard and determined.

2.Those parts of the Deed included at pages 171 to 196 and 199 to 213 of Exhibit PRM‑1 to the affidavit of Paul Richard McCann sworn on 30 January 2012 that have not been disclosed in a published judgment of the Supreme Court of New South Wales or the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales remain confidential to the applicant and the first to fourth respondents, their legal representatives and this Court up to and including 9 March 2012, until the application for special leave is heard and determined.

3.The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd and Nationwide News Pty Ltd to be joined to the application for special leave as the fifth, sixth and seventh respondents respectively.

4.Set down the application for special leave to appeal filed on 9 January 2012 for hearing in the list in Sydney on 9 March 2012.

5.The respondents to file and serve their summaries of argument by Monday, 20 February 2012.

6.The applicant to file and serve any reply by Thursday, 23 February 2012.

7.The applicant to file and serve an application book by Friday, 2 March 2012.

8.Liberty to apply on 24 hours’ notice.

9.Costs of the summons dated 30 January 2012 to be costs of the special leave application.

I publish those orders.

AT 9.49 AM THE MATTER WAS ADJOURNED