New South Wales Bar Association v Tedeschi [2003] NSWADT 90

CITATION: New South Wales Bar Association v Tedeschi [2003] NSWADT 90 DIVISION: Legal Services Division APPLICANT PARTIES: Council of the New South Wales Bar Association RESPONDENT Mark Alfred Giudo Tedeschi FILE NUMBER: 012040 HEARING DATES: 19/02/2003 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 02/21/2003 DATE OF DECISION: 04/30/2003

BEFORE: Robberds LP - Judicial Member; Bennett AC SC- Judicial Member; Elliott K - Member APPLICATION: Evidence - admissibility - Evidence - expert - admissibility MATTER FOR DECISION: Preliminary matter LEGISLATION CITED : Legal Profession Act 1987 Makita (Australia) Pty Limited v Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 Qidwai v Brown [1984] 1 NSWLR 100 CASES CITED: Pillai v Messiter [No.2] (1989) 16 NSWLR 197 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Costello [1984] 3 NSWLR 201 Ex parte Meehan; Re Medical Practitioners Act [1965] NSWR 30 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: P R Garling SC, barrister RESPONDENT D E Perrignon, barrister ORDERS: 1. The Tribunal rejects the affidavit of Michael Alan Viney sworn 24 December 2002, for the reason that it does not meet the requirements for admission set out by Heydon JA in Makita (Australia) Pty Ltd v. Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 at para 85.; 2. The Tribunal rejects paragraph 8 of the affidavit of Ian Scott Lloyd sworn 1 November 2002, for the reason that it does not meet the requirements for admission set out by Heydon JA in Makita (Australia) Pty Limited v. Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 at para 85.; 3. Paragraph 9 of that affidavit is admitted only so far as it forms a basis for the opinion expressed in paragraph 10.