Legge v Universal Hospitality Group Pty Limited (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 1411

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Legge v Universal Hospitality Group Pty Limited (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 1411 Hearing dates: 8, 9 and 10 July 2020 Date of orders: 13 October 2020 Decision date: 13 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Lonergan J Decision: The four categories of evidence in issue are not admissible and cannot be tendered Catchwords: EVIDENCE – admissibility – relevance – hearsay- Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth) Cases Cited: E. & J. Gallo Winery v Lion Nathan Australia Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 934 Legge v The Universal Hospitality Group Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 760 Rodney Jane Racing Pty Ltd v Monster Energy Company [2019] FCA 923 Shape Shopfitters Pty Ltd v Shape Australia Pty Ltd (No.2) Voxson Pty Ltd v Telstra Corporation Limited (No.10) [2018] FCA 376 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Stephen John Legge (Plaintiff) Universal Hospitality Group Pty Limited (First Defendant) Universal 1919 Pty Ltd as trustee of the 1919 Trust and John Kospetas trading as Civic Hotel (Second Defendant) John Kospetas (Third Defendant) Neon Underwriting Ltd formerly known as Marketform Managing Agency Ltd for and on behalf of the Underwriting Members of Syndicate 2468 (Third Cross-Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr K Andrews (Plaintiff) Mr D Williams SC with Mr R Goodridge (Second and Third Defendants) M Elliott SC (Third Cross-Defendant)