Lawyers for concrete company Premix say Today Tonight was in contempt of court, CHANNEL 7's Today Tonight program should be prosecuted for contempt over a broadcast that attempted to influence the outcome of a lawsuit, a court has heard. Lawyers for concreting business Premix Concrete SA Pty Ltd today said the current affairs show should be punished for a segment it aired about their client earlier this week. Andrew Harris, QC, for Premix, told the Adelaide Magistrates Court that the show, and its reporter Paul Makin, had broadcast confidential evidentiary documents in a clear breach of state law.
"Here we have the clearest case of an egregious and serious contempt committed by a television station and a current affairs program which ought to know better," Mr Harris said. "We want an explanation from Today Tonight as to how such a serious and obvious contempt of the processes of this court could have been allowed to happen, and appear to have been quite deliberately done. "There's the possibility (this) might be a contempt that attempts to influence the outcome of the proceedings." Premix is being sued by Cherral Smith and Trevor Skinner over work done at their property. Earlier this week, Today Tonight aired a segment about the lawsuit. The matter was due in court for further argument today.
However, Mr Harris asked that be adjourned because the segment breached the rules of the court. Today, Mr Harris said that segment had breached the rules of the court. "After dealing with various issues relating to the complaint by the plaintiffs in respect of concreting work, the program showed images and made specific reference to tax invoices,オークリー激安," he said. "Criticism and comment was made about these invoices by Mr Makin - I don't know if he's a journalist, but he was presenting the story. "The documents used in the broadcast were produced by my client in the process of discovery in this proceeding." Under state law, parties involved in a lawsuit go through the "discovery" process, and serve one another with relevant evidentiary materials, prior to trial. Parties can request certain documents, and the other side must undertake all best efforts to locate them and hand them over.
"As is well known, and what would be apparent to any responsible member of the media purporting to report civil proceedings, there is an implied limitation in the use of documents exchanged in the process of discovery,オークリー メガネ," Mr Harris said. "The collateral use of them like this constitutes a contempt of court." Mr Harris said that,oakley サングラス, during its broadcast, Today Tonight offered "to act as mediator" between the plaintiffs and his client. He said that raised the possibility the show had committed a further contempt by seeking to influence the outcome of the case. He asked that the lawsuit be adjourned so Premix could seek advice on whether it would ask the Magistrates Court to prosecute TT, or take the matter to the Supreme Court.
Outside court, Today Tonight producer Graham Archer said: "Mr Harris knows that the tax invoices shown on the program were provided to us by the plaintiffs. "It is entirely appropriate for Today Tonight to publish a report of the proceedings and to explain the issues in dispute. Publishing details of facts and documents to ensure our report was fair and accurate is not a breach of the Court Rules nor does it amount to contempt on Today Tonight's part. Magistrate Penelope Eldridge adjourned the case until next month. Blog:


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