Connex Group Australia Pty Ltd v Butt [2004] NSWSC 379

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Connex Group Australia Pty Ltd v Butt [2004] NSWSC 379 revised - 16/03/2006 HEARING DATE(S) : 03/05/04, 04/05/04, 05/05/04, 06/05/04, 07/05/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 May 2004

JUDGMENT OF : White J DECISION : See Judgment

CATCHWORDS : Evidence - Fact and Opinion - Opinion Rule - Lay opinions - Evidence Act 1995 ss 76(1) and 78. LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Hadid v Australis Media Ltd (28/10/1996, Sperling J, unreported) Ringrow Pty Ltd v Ultimate Fuel Pty Ltd [2003] FCA 933 Phipson on Evidence (14 Ed 1990) R v Wright (1986) 19 A Crim R 17 Allstate Life Insurance Co v Australia New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (No. 5) (1996) 64 FCR 73 Hughes Aircraft Systems International v Air Services Australia (1997) 80 FCR 276 Guide Dog Owners' Friends Association Inc v Guide Dog Association of NSW (1998) 154 ALR 527 Idoport Pty Ltd v National Australia Bank Ltd [2001] NSWSC 529 Wigmore on Evidence (3 Ed para 1917) CASES CITED : Wills on the Law of Evidence (3 Ed, 1938 page 150) R v Noble (2000) 117 A Crim R 541 Eaton v Rice 8N.H. 378, 380 (1836) Bathrick v Detroit Post and Telegraph Co. 50 Mich 529 16 NW 172, 175 (1883) R v Panetta (CCANSW) 2/10/97 Unreported Daniel v Western Australia (2000) 178 ALR 542 Australian Commission v Vines [2003] NSWSC 1237 R v Leung and Wong (1999) 47 NSWLR 405 R v Van Dyk [2000] NSWCCA 67 LMI Australia Pty Ltd v Baulderstone Hornibrook Pty Ltd (2001) 53 NSWLR 31 Connex Group Australia Pty Ltd (FKA CGEA Transport Asia Pacific Holdings Pty Ltd) PARTIES : v Kenneth Alfred Butt FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 002872/02 COUNSEL : Plaintiff: C Harris Defendant: N Manousaridis SOLICITORS : Plaintiff: Piper Alderman Defendant: Middletons