Dyson v Pharmacy Board [2000] NSWSC 981

Reported Decision : [2000] 50 NSWLR 523

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Dyson v Pharmacy Board [2000] NSWSC 981 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1238/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 19 October 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 24 October 2000

PARTIES : Lyndon Edward Dyson (Trading as Pharmacy Plus) (P) Pharmacy Board of New South Wales (D) JUDGMENT OF : Austin J

COUNSEL : S Gageler (P) I Wallach (D) SOLICITORS : Russell Kennedy by their agent Dibbs Crowther & Osborne (P) C M Campbell (D) CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE - as to meaning of words in a business name - expert opinion evidence - admissibility of evidence by a lexicographer - application of ultimate issue rule - effect of Evidence Act Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) ss 76, 80, 135 LEGISLATION CITED : Pharmacy Act 1964 (NSW) ss 3, 24A, 24C, 25 Pharmacy Regulation 1998 Reg 16 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) ss 65, 69 Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 Australian Gas Light Co v Valuer-General (1940) 40 SR (NSW) 126 Campomar Sociedad v Nike International Ltd (2000) 169 ALR 677 Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales v A-G [1972] Ch 73 Incorporated Council of Law Reporting of the State of Queensland v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1971) 121 CLR 659 Interlego AG v Croner Trading Pty Ltd (1992) 39 FCR 348 CASES CITED : O'Brien v Gillespie (1996) 41 NSWLR 549 Pepsi Seven-up Bottlers Perth Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (1995) 62 FCR 289 Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Dickson [1970] AC 403 Puxu Pty Ltd v Parkdale Custom Built Furniture Pty Ltd (1980) 31 ALR 73 Re Tooth & Co Ltd (1978) 31 FLR 314 Taco Co of Australia v Taco Bell Pty Ltd (1982) 42 ALR 177 Walton v Corporate Venture Pty Ltd, 6 June 1996 White v District Court of NSW (Court of Appeal of New South Wales, unreported, 3 December 1998) DECISION : Limited declarations as sought by plaintiff; limited mandatory order.