ASIC v Vines [2002] NSWSC 1223

Reported Decision : (2003) 21 ACLC 159

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : ASIC v Vines [2002] NSWSC 1223 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3138/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 16 December 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 December 2002

Australian Securities and Investments Commission (P/R) Geoffrey William Vines (D1/A) PARTIES : Francis William Robertson (D2) Timothy John Henry Fox (D3) AG Australia Holdings Ltd (1st Intervenor) Gordian Runoff Ltd (2nd Intervenor) JUDGMENT OF : Austin J

Mr G Seib (D1/A) COUNSEL : Mr D Williams (D2, Supporting Applicant) Mr J Stevenson (D3, Supporting Applicant) Mr S Robb QC (P/R) PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal (D1/A) SOLICITORS : Henry Davis York (D2) Gadens (D3) Jan Redfern, Solicitor for Australian Securities and Investments Commission (P/R) CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE & PROCEDURE - practice of Equity Division where witness will not swear affidavit - outline of evidence - whether, in civil penalty proceedings, evidence of witness for plaintiff who has not sworn an affidavit should be limited to the outline served by the plaintiff on the other parties Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 1989 (Cth) s 19 LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ss 1317G, 1317L, 1317R Supreme Court Rules Pt 36 r 3 CASES CITED : Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Graves v Budgel (1737) 1 Atk 444; 26 ER 283 DECISION : Application, for order restricting plaintiff to outlines of evidence, refused; plaintiff directed to confirm that outlines are accounts of evidence expected to be given