Sharp v Stephen Guinery t/as Port Kembla Hotel & Port Kembla RSL Club [2001] NSWSC 338

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Sharp v Stephen Guinery t/as Port Kembla Hotel & Port Kembla RSL Club [2001] NSWSC 338 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Civil FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20956/96 HEARING DATE(S) : 28 March 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 March 2001

PARTIES : Marlene Sharp (Plt) Port Kembla RSL Club (2nd Def) JUDGMENT OF : McClellan J

COUNSEL : P Semmler QC/M Heath (Plt) P Deakin QC/J Turnbull (2nd Def) SOLICITORS : Milicevic Solicitors (Plt) PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal (2nd Def) CATCHWORDS : Opinion evidence - Evidence Act 1995 ss 70, 80(a), 135 - evidence of fact in issue or an ultimate issue - admissibility of a question asked of an expert LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act ss 135, 80(a) Seltsam Pty Limited v McGuiness & Anor; James Hardie & Co Pty Limited v McGuiness & Anor (2000) 49 NSWLR 262 Repatriation Commission v Vietnam Veterans' Association of Australia NSW Branch Inc & Ors (2000) 48 NSWLR 548 R W Miller & Co Pty Limited v Krupp (Australia) Pty Limited (1991) 34 NSWLR 129 Yates v Boland (1998) 157 ALR 30 CASES CITED : O'Brien v Gillespie (1996) 41 NSWLR 549 Murphy v The Queen (1989) 167 CLR 94 HG v The Queen (1999) 197 CLR 414 Clarke v Ryan (1960) 103 CLR 486 Commissioner for Government Transport v Adamcik (1961) 106 CLR 292 Blackstock v Foster [1958] SR (NSW) 341 DECISION : See para 30

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