ASIC v Vines [2003] NSWSC 995

Reported Decision : 48 ACSR 282

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : ASIC v Vines [2003] NSWSC 995 HEARING DATE(S) : 27, 28 October 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 31 October 2003 JURISDICTION: Equity JUDGMENT OF : Austin J DECISION : Evidence admissible in proceeding, without limitation

CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE - relevance - whether evidence relevant against defendant A but not defendant B should be admitted only against defendant A - evidence "admissible in the proceeding" Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), s 1317L LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Law, ss 232, 1317ED Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 9, 55, 56, 135, 136 BRS v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 275 Chief Executive Officer of Customs v Labrador Liquor Wholesale Pty Ltd [2003] HCA 49 Idoport Pty Ltd v National Australia Bank Ltd [2000) 50 NSWLR 640 CASES CITED : Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority [1999] FCA 685 Marks v GIO Australia Ltd (1996) 63 FCR 304 Sylvia v Commissioner of Taxation [2001] NSWSC 562 Telstra Corporation v Australis Media Holdings Pty Ltd [No 2] (1997) 41 NSWLR 346 Australian Securities and Investments Commission (P) PARTIES : Geoffrey William Vines (D1) Francis William Robertson (D2) Timothy John Henry Fox (D3) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3138/01 S D Robb SC with R Beech-Jones & E Collins (P) COUNSEL : B Oslington QC with G Seib (D1) D L Williams SC with M Fisher (D2) J W J Stevenson SC with L P Menzies (D3) Jan Redfern, Solicitor for Australian Securities and Investments Commission (P) SOLICITORS : Sparke Helmore (D1) Henry Davis York (D2) Gadens (D3)