Commonwealth Development Bank of Australia Pty Limited & Anor v Claude George Rene Cassegrain; Gerald Cassegrain & Co Pty Limited & Ors v Commonwealth Development Bank of Australia Pty Limited & Ors; [2002] NSWSC 980

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Commonwealth Development Bank of Australia Pty Limited & Anor v Claude George Rene Cassegrain; Gerald Cassegrain & Co Pty Limited & Ors v Commonwealth Development Bank of Australia Pty Limited & Ors; [2002] NSWSC 980 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 50062/00; 50072/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 10/10/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 10 October 2002

Commonwealth Development Bank of Australia Pty Limited (Plaintiff (50062/00) Defendant (50072/00) PARTIES : Claude George Rene Cassegrain (Defendant 50062/00) Gerald Cassegrain & Co. Pty Limited (Plaintiff) (50072/00) Murray Smith and Scott Kershaw (3rd Defendants (50072/00) JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J

RW Cameron, ARR Vincent (Defendant 50062/00, Plaintiff 50072/00) COUNSEL : AG Bell, DA McLure (Plaintiff 50062/00, Defendant 50072/00) DL Williams (Murray Smith & Scott Kershaw, 3rd Defendants 50072/00) MC Griffith & Co (Defendant 50062/00, Plaintiff 50072/00) SOLICITORS : L E Taylor Solicitor (Plaintiff 50062/00, Defendant 50072/00) Corrs Chambers Westgarth (3rd Defendants 50072/00) CATCHWORDS : Evidence - Expert evidence - Expert witness code of conduct - Admissibility of purported expert report - Expert failed to acknowledge that he would be bound by the Expert Witness Code of Conduct in Schedule K of the Supreme Court Rules pursuant to Part 36 rule 13C(2) - Witness not aware of existence of Code of Conduct prior to preparation of expert statement - Whether 'otherwise order' permitting evidence should be made - Supreme Court Rules Part 36 Rule 13C(2) - Schedule K LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Barak Pty Ltd v WTH Pty Ltd Trading As Avis Australia [2002] NSWSC 649 Clough v Tameside CASES CITED : Glossop Health Authority [1998] 2 All ER 971 Makita Australia Pty Ltd v Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 National Justice Compania Naviera SA v Prudential Assurance Co Ltd ("The Ikarian Reefer") [1993] 2 Lloyd's Rep 68 DECISION : The application for an order is rejected.