Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Barrett Property Group Pty Ltd v Dennis Family Homes Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] FCA 276 Citation: Barrett Property Group Pty Ltd v Dennis Family Homes Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] FCA 276
Parties: BARRETT PROPERTY GROUP PTY LTD (ACN 088 015 267) and SRS PROPERTY HOLDINGS PTY LTD (ACN 096 513 218) v DENNIS FAMILY HOMES PTY LTD (ACN 056 254 249)
File number: VID 1244 of 2005
Judge: BROMBERG J
Date of judgment: 25 March 2011
Catchwords: EVIDENCE – Admissibility – whether communication excluded by s 131 of the Evidence Act because made in an attempt to negotiate a settlement – meaning of "negotiate a settlement" – whether an assertion of a person's rights or position can constitute an attempt to negotiate a settlement – whether exclusion in s 131(2)(g) attracted – purpose of s 131(2)(g) – s 131(2)(g) only attracted where exclusionary rule in s 131(1) would operate to allow a party which has adduced evidence, to use the exclusionary rule as an instrument for misleading the court.
Legislation: Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) ss 131, 131(1), 131(1)(a) and (b), 131(2), 131(2)(g) and 131(5)
Cases cited: Austotel Management v Jamieson (1995) 57 FCR 411 Barrett Property Group Pty Ltd v Dennis Family Homes Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 246 Bhagat v Global Custodians Ltd [2002] NSWCA 160 Bloss Holdings Pty Ltd v Brackley Industries Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 756 Brown v Commissioner of Taxation (2001) 187 ALR 714 Buckinghamshire County Council v Moran (1989) 3 WLR 152 Chandler v Water Corporation [2004] WASC 95 DTC No 1 Pty Ltd v Matthew [2009] NSWSC 1280 Kalambaka Ptd Ltd v Minister Administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 [2009] NSWLEC 57 Korean Air Lines Co Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (No 3) [2008] FCA 701 Lohar Corporation Pty Ltd v Dibu Pty Ltd (1976) [1] BPR 97,00014 Moran v Moran (No 3) [2000] NSWSC 151 Mulkearns v Chandos Developments (No 4) (2005) 12 BPR 22,993 Pitts v Adney (1961) 78 WN (NSW) 886 Silver Fox Co Pty Ltd v Lenard's Pty Ltd (No 3) (2005) 214 ALR 621 South Shropshire District Council v Amos [1987] 1 All ER 340
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