Rodriguez & Sons Pty Limited v Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority t/as Seqwater (No 25) [2020] NSWSC 1544

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Rodriguez & Sons Pty Limited v Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority t/as Seqwater (No 25) [2020] NSWSC 1544 Hearing dates: 26 to 29 October 2020 Date of orders: 29 October 2020 Decision date: 03 November 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: Parties to bring in Short Minutes of Order. Catchwords: REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDINGS – appointment of referee to determine causation and quantum of claim sample – 264 claims – whether rules of evidence apply – timing of reference when principal judgment appealed from. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Evidence Act 1995 Cases Cited: Baulderstone v QIC [2012] NSWSC 235 Beveridge v Dontan Pty Ltd (1991) 23 NSWLR 13 Eko Investments Pty Limited v Austruc Constructions Limited & Ors; The Owners Strata Plan No 64970 v Austruc Constructions Limited & Ors [2009] NSWSC 208 Rodriguez & Sons Pty Limited v Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority t/as Seqwater (No 23) [2020] NSWSC 650 Rodriguez & Sons Pty Limited v Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority t/as Seqwater (No 24) [2020] NSWSC 1498 Rodriguez & Sons Pty Ltd v Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority trading as Seqwater (No 22) [2019] NSWSC 1657 Super Pty Ltd v SJP Formwork (1992) 29 NSWLR 549 Xuereb v Viola (1989) 18 NSWLR 453 Category: Consequential orders (other than Costs) Parties: Rodriguez & Sons Pty Limited (Plaintiff) Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority t/as Seqwater (First Defendant) SunWater Limited (Second Defendant) State of Queensland (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Sexton SC; N Owens SC; R May; S Chordia (Plaintiff) J Stoljar SC; D Klineberg; T Prince (First Defendant) D Williams SC; HJA Neal; A Barnett (Second Defendant) JM Horton QC; E Morzone; D Bampton (Third Defendant)