Lewis v Nortex Pty Ltd (In Liq); Lamru Pty Ltd v Kation Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 1245

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Lewis v Nortex Pty Ltd (In Liq); Lamru Pty Ltd v Kation Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 1245 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3081/97; 1750/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 19 and 20 December 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 20 December 2002

3081/97 Peter Lawrence Lewis (P) Lamru Pty Ltd (Applicant) Kation Pty Ltd (Respondent) Brian Raymond Silvia (Liquidator) PARTIES : 1750/02 Lamru Pty Limited (P) Kation Pty Limited (D1) Peter Lawrence Lewis (D2) Mark Lewis (D3) Nortex Pty Ltd (In Liq) (D4) JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J

N A Cotman SC & J T Johnson (Kation P/L & P L Lewis) COUNSEL : S J Motbey (Lamru P/L) V R Gray (Liquidator & Nortex P/L) No appearance (M Lewis) Kemp Strang (P L Lewis & Kation P/L) SOLICITORS : Lyons & Lyons (Lamru P/L) Abbott Tout (Liquidator & Nortex P/L) Corrs Chambers Westgarth (M Lewis) CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE [96] - Admissions and declarations - Admissions - Letters and statements without prejudice - General principles - Communications made in furtherance of the commission of a fraud - Document used in mediation. LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 s 131(1), (2)(j) Bruinsma v Menczer (1995) 40 NSWLR 716 Commissioner of Australian Federal Police v Propend Finance Pty Limited (1997) 188 CLR 501 Kang v Kwan [2001] NSWSC 698 CASES CITED : Lewis v Nortex Pty Ltd (In Liq); Lamru Pty Ltd v Kation Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 1192 Telstra Corporation v Australis Media Holdings [No 2] (1997) 41 NSWLR 346 Odgers' Uniform Evidence Law (5th Ed, 2002) lvi - lvii Oxford English Dictionary DECISION : Document ruled admissible.