Clive Eggins & 2 Ors v Allan Robinson [2000] NSWCA 61

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Clive Eggins & 2 Ors v Allan Robinson [2000] NSWCA 61 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40529/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 29 February 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 April 2000

PARTIES : Appellants: Clive Eggins, Ivan Connor, Colin Rae Munro Respondent: Allan Robinson JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Sheller JA at 16; Powell JA at 71

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT DC 3272/95 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Moore DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Appellant: JB Whittle SC / BJ Burke Respondent: F Donohoe SOLICITORS : Appellant: Foot. Law & Co (Grafton) Respondent: Bruce Petrie & Co (Sydney) CATCHWORDS : Contract - Oral agreement - Whether corroborative letter was forged - Admissability of expert evidence - No forgery made out - Contract upheld LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) District Court Rules Pt 19A Plunkett v Bull (1915) 19 CLR 544 Eyota pty Ltd v Hanve Pty Ltd (1994) 12 ACSR 785 Parshad v Maharajah Narendo Kishore Singh Bahadur (1891) Ind App 9 Bugg v Day (1949) 79 CLR 442 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd (1992) 67 ALJR 170 Goose v Wilson Sandford & Co (unreported) 13 February 1998 at para 112, The English Court of Appeal CASES CITED: Clark v Ryan (1960) 103 CLR 486 Arbinger v Ashton (1873) 17Eq 358 Chamberlain v The Queen [No2} (1984) 153CLR 521 Bickle v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1981) 2NSWLR 474 R v Aldridge (1990) 20 NSWLR 737 Onassis v Vergottis [1968]2 Lloyd's Rep 403 Devries v Australian National Railways Commission (1993) 177 CLR 472 Stae Rail Authority of New South Wales v Earthline Constructions Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) (1993)73 ALJR 306 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.