Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
RRG Nominees Pty Ltd v Visible Temporary Fencing Australia Pty Ltd (No 3) [2018] FCA 404 File number: SAD 275 of 2016
Judge: WHITE J
Date of judgment: 13 March 2018
Date of Publication of reasons: 27 March 2018
Catchwords: EVIDENCE – an Applicant recorded a meeting between himself and two Respondents – admissibility of that recording and a transcript of the recording at trial – whether recording was made in contravention of law – whether Court should permit the reception of the evidence under s 138 of the Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) – evidence ruled inadmissible.
Legislation: Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) ss 48(1), 102, 138 Acts Interpretation Act 1915 (SA) s 16(1) Listening and Surveillance Devices Act 1972 (SA) ss 3, 4, 7 Surveillance Devices Act 2016 (SA) Sch 1, cl (4)(1)
Cases cited: Alliance Craton Explorer Pty Ltd v Quasar Resources Ltd [2010] SASC 266 DW v The Queen [2014] NSWCCA 28; (2014) 239 A Crim R 192 Employment Advocate v Williamson [2001] FCA 1164; (2001) 111 FCR 20 Groom v Police [2015] SASC 101 Thomas v Nash [2010] SASC 153; (2010) 107 SASR 309
Date of hearing: 13 March 2018
Registry: South Australia
Division: General Division
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate