Scanruby Pty Ltd v Caltex Petroleum Pty Ltd and Anor [2000] NSWIRComm 89

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Scanruby Pty Ltd v Caltex Petroleum Pty Ltd and Anor [2000] NSWIRComm 89 PARTIES : Scanruby Pty Ltd v. Caltex Petroleum Pty Ltd and Anor FILE NUMBER: IRC3347 of 1998 CORAM: Peterson J CATCHWORDS : Unfair contract - Interlocutory Motion - admissibility of evidence - Listening Devices Act 1984 - whether secretly recorded conversations and video tapes should be treated as inadmissible evidence - whether "improperly" obtained (s.138 Evidence Act 1995) Industrial Relations Act 1996 LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Listening Devices Act 1984 R v Truong [1996] A Crim R 188 at 195 Miller v TCN Channel Nine [1988] 36 A Crim R at 92 Marsden v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd [2000] NSWSC 98 Andrews v Love (Unreported - NSWSC, 13 November 1986) Bedford v Bedford NSWSC, Equity Division - 20 October 1998) CASES CITED : Udini v Aldo t/as FineLine Joinery Pty Ltd and Anor [1998] 16 NSW CCR 418 T v The Medical Board of South Australia [1992] SASR 382 R v Smith and Turner [1994] 75 A Crim R 327 In the Estate of Nicola Alvaro, Deceased, Public Trustee v Alvaro (Unreported SASC, No.5183, 9 July 1995) Regina v Kevin Chi Ho, Alan Tam v The Director of Public Prosecutions (Unreported - NSWSC, 15 May 1998)

HEARING DATES: 05/18/2000 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 06/07/2000

APPLICANT (RESPONDENT ON THE MOTION) Mr B H Donovan QC and Mr S Coleman of counsel SOLICITOR Williams - The Law Firm, PETERSHAM.