http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/tas/TASSC/2012/86.html

Procedure – Contempt, attachment and sequestration – Power of court to punish for contempt – Supreme Court – Generally – Newspaper article identified victim of sexual assault – Contravention of Evidence Act 2001 (Tas), s194K.

Evidence Act 2001 (Tas), s194K.

HL Bolton Engineering Co Ltd v TJ Graham & Sons Ltd [1957] 1 QB 159; Tesco Supermarkets Ltd v Nattrass [1971] UKHL 1; [1972] AC 153, applied.

R v The Age Company Ltd [2000] TASSC 62; (2000) 113 A Crim R 181, referred to.

Aust Dig Procedure [701]

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/tas/TASSC/2012/75.html

Procedure – Contempt, attachment and sequestration – Power of court to punish for contempt – Supreme Court – Generally – In contravention of a statutory provision a newspaper report identified the alleged victim of a sexual offence.

Evidence Act 2001 (Tas), s194K.

The Age Company Ltd [2000] TASSC 62; (2000) 113 A Crim R 181; DPP v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1987) 8 NSWLR 732, referred to.

Aust Dig Procedure [701]

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/tas/TASSC/2012/40.html

Magistrates – Jurisdiction and procedure generally – Procedure – The hearing – Matters relating to decision – Duty to state reasons – Whether a preference for one witness over another is a sufficient reason for conviction.
Phillips v Arnold (2009) 19 Tas R 21, applied.
Aust Dig Magistrates [128]

[2005] TASSC 41

Evidence – Witnesses – In general – Control of court over witnesses – Evidence of complainant in sexual cases – Circumstances in which court will permit publication of the identity of the complainant.

In re Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2003] TASSC 118; (2003) 12 Tas R 308.

Evidence Act 2001  (Tas), s194K(1) and (2).

Aust Dig Evidence [204].

[2003] TASSC 118

Evidence – Witnesses – In general – Control of court over witnesses – Evidence of complainant in sexual cases – Circumstances in which court will permit publication of the identity of the complainant.

R v The Age Company Ltd [2000] TASSC 60, referred to.

Evidence Act 2001  (Tas), s194K(1) and (2).

Aust Dig Evidence [204]