Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Oztech Pty Ltd v Public Trustee of Queensland (No 13) [2016] FCA 1153 File number: NSD 937 of 2014
Judge: YATES J
Date of judgment: 19 September 2016
Catchwords: EVIDENCE – voir dire – ruling – expert evidence – whether witness has relevant "specialised knowledge" based on training, study or experience
Legislation: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ss 283AB, 283AC, 283BB, 283DA, Pts 2L.2, 2L.3, 2L.4, Ch 2L Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) ss 76, 79
Cases cited: ASIC v Rich [2005] NSWSC 1170 Australian Cement v Adelaide Brighton [2001] NSWSC 645 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Vines (2003) 48 ACSR 291; [2003] NSWSC 1095 Dasreef Pty Ltd v Hawchar (2011) 243 CLR 588; [2011] HCA 21 HG v The Queen (1999) 197 CLR 414; [1999] HCA 2 Midland Bank Trust Co Ltd v Hett, Stubbs & Kemp (a firm) [1979] Ch 384 Oztech Pty Ltd v Public Trustee of Queensland (No 9) [2016] FCA 785
Date of hearing: 16 September 2016
Registry: New South Wales
Division: General Division
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
Sub-area: Corporations and Corporate Insolvency
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 46
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr RPL Lancaster SC with Mr CH Withers, Mr AM Hochroth and Mr RJ May
Solicitor for the Applicant: Squire Patton Boggs
Counsel for the Respondent: Mr W Sofronoff QC with Mr DB O'Sullivan QC, Mr MJ O'Meara, Mr JP O'Regan, Ms E Hoiberg and Ms F Lubett
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