Lewis v Nortex Pty Ltd (In Liq); Lamru Pty Ltd v Kation Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 237

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Lewis v Nortex Pty Ltd (In Liq); Lamru Pty Ltd v Kation Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 237 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3081/97; 1750/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 22 February, 8 & 21 March 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 March 2002

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

J T Johnson (Kation P/L & P L Lewis) COUNSEL : S J Motbey (Lamru P/L) P A Somerset, Solicitor (Liquidator) M Wilks, Solicitor (M Lewis) Kemp Strang (Kation P/L & P L Lewis) SOLICITORS : Lyons & Lyons (Lamru P/L) Abbott Tout (Liquidator) Corrs Chambers Westgarth (M Lewis) CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE [53] - Admissibility and relevancy - Hearsay - Particular cases - Exclusion of hearsay rule - Statement by person not to be called as a witness tendered by a party - Whether another party (who is the person's employer) may be required under s 169 of Evidence Act 1995 to call the person as a witness. LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Part 4.6 Div 1 ss 38, 59, 69, 166 - 169 Corporations Law (Cth) s 1274 Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd v Donnelly (1998) 82 FCR 418 Commissioner of Taxation v Karageorge (1996) 22 ACSR 199 CASES CITED : Official Trustee in Bankruptcy v D'Jamirze [1999] NSWSC 986 R v Kneebone (1999) 47 NSWLR 450 Telstra Corp v Australis Media Holdings NSWSC 18 March 1997 McLelland CJ in Eq unreported ALRC 26 Vol 1 par 707 DECISION : Application by plaintiff for an order under s 169 of the Evidence Act 1995 that another party call a witness refused.