Goldspar Australia Pty Ltd v The Council of The City of Sydney [2001] NSWCA 246

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Goldspar Australia Pty Ltd v The Council of The City of Sydney [2001] NSWCA 246 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40632/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 26 June 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 2 August 2001

PARTIES : Goldspar Australia Pty Ltd The Council of the City of Sydney JUDGMENT OF : Beazley JA at 1; Stein JA at 2; Giles JA at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Equity Division LOWER COURT ED Const List 55025/99 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Einstein J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : B Walker SC & I Young - Appellant T Bathurst QC & M Condon - Respondent SOLICITORS : Greg Judd & Associates - Appellant PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal - Respondent CATCHWORDS : CONTRACT FOR EXPERT DETERMINATION - whether expert did not make determination in accordance with the contract - submission that figure in determination could be seen from materials provided to expert to have left out significant part of what he had to determine - counter submission that for a number of reasons a coincidence in figures did not so indicate - question of fact - departure from contract not made out - PRACTICE - contract for expert determination - determination in part relied on and in part challenged as above - on appeal sought to argue that contract itself void on public policy grounds - argument forshadowed prior to trial but abandonned - whether should be permitted to raise it on appeal - not expedient and in the interests of justice - could not be raised - EVIDENCE - discretion to exclude - danger of undue waste of time - slight probabtive value - likely to lead to evidentiary blow out - discretion not shown to have erred LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) ss55, 59, 60, 72, 135 University of Wollongong v Metwally (No 2) (1985) 59 ALJR 481 Multicon Engineering Pty Ltd v Federal Airports Corporation (2000) 47 NSWLR 631 Coulton v Holcombe (1986) 162 CLR 1 Suttor v Gundowda Pty Ltd (1950) 81 CLR 418 Super Pty Ltd v SJP Formwork (Australia) Pty Ltd (1992) 29 NSWLR 549 Chilcotin Pty Ltd v Cenelage Pty Ltd (1999) NSWCA 11 CASES CITED: Legal and General Life of Australia Ltd v A Hudson Pty Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 314 Holt v Cox (1997) 23 ACSR 590 Kanivah Holdings Pty Ltd v Holdsworth Properties Pty Ltd (2001) NSWSC 405 Holloway v McFeeters (1956) 94 CLR 470 Seltsam Pty Ltd v McGuinness (2000) 49 NSWLR 262 Zanatta v McCleary (1976) 1 NSWLR 230 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Zaknaz Pty Ltd v Svelte Corporation Pty ltd (1995) 61 FLR 171 DECISION : Appeal Dismissed with Costs