Lewis v Nortex Pty Ltd (In Liq); Lamru Pty Ltd v Kation Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 337

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Lewis v Nortex Pty Ltd (In Liq); Lamru Pty Ltd v Kation Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 337 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3081/97; 1750/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 18 & 19 April 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 April 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

J T Johnson (Kation P/L & P L Lewis) COUNSEL : S J Motbey (Lamru P/L) P A Somerset, Solicitor (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 [130] - Documentary evidence - Secondary evidence - In general - Computer hard disk containing a copy of a copy of a copy of a relevant computer file. LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 ss 48(4), 57, 142 Supreme Court Rules 1970 CASES CITED : Banque Commerciale SA en liquidation v Akhil Holdings Limited (1990) 169 CLR 279 Nodnara Pty Limited v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (1997) 38 ATR 527 DECISION : Computer hard disk admitted.