High Court grants IceTV special leave to appeal

On 26 August 2008, the High Court granted IceTV special leave to appeal the Full Federal Court's decision in Nine Network v IceTV.

The transcript of the special leave application indicates that the High Court will not necessarily follow the House of Lords decision in Ladbroke (Football) Ltd v William Hill (Football) Ltd [1964] 1 WLR 273. Counsel were asked to be ready to provide assistance to the Court to “to deal with this matter thoroughly without any reticence in starting at the bottom” and “to be familiar with the academic writing in this field”.

The case is due to be heard on 13 and 14 October 2008.

More:

• transcript of special leave application
  

• Nine Network Australia Pty Limited v IceTV Pty Limited [2008] FCAFC 71 (8 May 2008): Full Court of the Federal Court
  

• Nine Network v IceTV [2007] FCA 1172 (9 August 2007): decision at first instance
• Nine Network v IceTV [2008] FCA 925 (27 June 2008): Bennett J's orders following the Full Court decision