Port Macquarie – Hastings Council v Lawlor Services Pty Limited, Port Macquarie – Hastings Council v Petro (No 3) [2007] NSWLEC 410

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Port Macquarie – Hastings Council v Lawlor Services Pty Limited, Port Macquarie – Hastings Council v Petro (No 3) [2007] NSWLEC 410

PROSECUTOR Port Macquarie – Hastings Council PARTIES : FIRST DEFENDANT Lawlor Services Pty Limited SECOND DEFENDANT Edmund Petro

FILE NUMBER(S) : 50031 of 2006, 50006 of 2007

CORAM: Pain J

KEY ISSUES: Evidence :- Opinion Evidence - whether expert witness should be allowed to give oral evidence despite non-compliance with Supreme Court Rules 1970 Pt 75 r 3J.

Evidence Act 1995 s 79 LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Rules 1996 Pt 6 r 2 Supreme Court Rules 1970 Pt 75 r 3J Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Rich (2005) 190 FLR 242; Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Rich (2005) 218 ALR 764; Commonwealth Development Bank of Australia Pty Limited & Anor v Cassegrain [2002] NSWSC 980; CASES CITED: Makita (Australia) Pty Ltd v Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705; Norvill v Stokes [2006] NSWLEC 622; Portal v Bodsworth [2005] NSWSC 1228; R v Li (2003) 139 A Crim R 281; United Rural Enterprises Pty Ltd v Lopman Pty Ltd & Ors (2003) NSWSC 870

DATES OF HEARING: 6 June 2007