Moss & Anor v Coghill [2023] NSWSC 341

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Moss & Anor v Coghill [2023] NSWSC 341 Hearing dates: 05 April 2023 Date of orders: 05 April 2023 Decision date: 05 April 2023 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Chen J Decision: (1) Grant leave to the plaintiffs to rely upon the evidentiary statement of Tara Moss dated 23 March 2023. (2) Grant leave to the plaintiffs to rely upon the statement from Lauren Miller dated 31 January 2023. (3) Note that the parties are to engage in a mediation on 14 April 2023, with such mediation to be conducted in accordance with Part 4 of the CPA and rr 20.1-20.7 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW). (4) Order that the costs of today be costs in the cause. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – whether leave to rely on late evidence should be granted to the first plaintiff – where disadvantage or real possibility of disadvantage is said to arise EVIDENCE – whether the CEO of a talent manager agency is an 'expert' – whether pre-trial ruling should be made Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Lambert Leasing Inc v QBE Insurance Australia Limited [2012] NSWSC 95 Sisson v Baiada Poultry Pty Limited [2015] NSWSC 1106 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Tara Moss (plaintiff) Chris Coghill (defendant Representation: Counsel: Mr R Cheney SC with Mr H Chiu (plaintiff) Dr D E Graham SC with Ms J M Sandford (defendant)