Catchwords:

LEAVE TO APPEAL — TORTS — applicant charged in Local Court for posting material in apparent breach of suppression order — charges withdrawn as order unenforceable — proceedings commenced against respondents for damages for malicious prosecution — elements of tort not made out — alleged failure of District Court judge to provide reasons, in ignoring essential evidence and finding no proof of damages — whether respondents prosecutors for purposes of tort — applicant failed to identify any issue of principle, question of public importance or reasonably clear injustice

COSTS — applicant alleged error in costs order in circumstances where no costs personally incurred by defendants — whether CSO acting without instructions of named defendants — no evidence adduced to challenge retainer — defendants covered individuals for purposes of State of NSW self-insurance arrangement — State entitled to conduct proceedings on behalf of defendants subject to duty of good faith