Jadwan Pty Ltd v Rae & Partners (A Firm) (No 3) 2017 FCA 1045

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Jadwan Pty Ltd v Rae & Partners (A Firm) (No 3) [2017] FCA 1045 File number(s): TAD 39 of 2016

Judge(s): KERR J

Date of judgment: 19 July 2017

Catchwords: EVIDENCE – admissibility - Evidence Act 1995 – hearsay – exceptions to hearsay rule – business records – whether a "quote" for building services satisfies business records exception in s 69 – alleged intermixing of opinion evidence and asserted facts – s 77 – evidence of an opinion admissible for a purpose other than proof of a fact about which the opinion is expressed – evidence admissible for one purpose then admissible for all purposes – discretion to exclude or limit the use of evidence – probative value of evidence – forensic choices of parties

Legislation: Evidence Act 1995 (Cth)

Cases cited: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Air New Zealand and Another (No. 1) (2012) 207 FCR 448 Australian Securities and Investment Commission v Rich (2005) 191 FLR 385 Connex Group Australia Pty Ltd v Butt [2004] NSWSC 379 Hodgson v Amcor Ltd [2011] VSC 295 Investmentsource v Knox Street Apartments [2007] NSWSC 1128 Land Enviro Corp Pty Limited v HTT Huntley Heritage Pty Limited [2012] NSWSC 177 Lithgow City Council v Jackson (2011) 244 CLR 352 Papakosmas v R (1999) CLR 297 R v Suteski (2002) 56 NSWLR 182 Ringrow Pty Ltd v BP Australia Ltd (2003) 130 FCR 569 Roach v Page (No. 11) [2003] NSWSC 907 Seven Network Limited v News Limited (No 8) [2005] FCA 1384 SPAR Licensing Pty Ltd v MIS QLD Pty Ltd (No 2) [2012] FCA 1116 Street v Luna Park Sydney Pty Limited [2007] NSWSC 688 Supetina Pty Ltd v Lombok Pty Ltd (1984) 5 FCR 439