ASIC v Vines [2003] NSWSC 1237

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : ASIC v Vines [2003] NSWSC 1237 HEARING DATE(S) : 5 December 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 December 2003 JURISDICTION: Equity JUDGMENT OF : Austin J DECISION : Evidence inadmissible

CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE - character evidence in civil proceedings - whether evidence relevant - whether evidence admissible as opinion evidence - whether evidence admissible under tendency rule - whether evidence should be excluded on discretionary grounds LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 (NSW & Cth) ss 55, 56, 76, 78, 79, 97, 135 Adler v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (2003) 46 ACSR 504 Allstate Life Insurance Co Ltd v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (No 5) (1996) 64 FCR 73 Chief Executive Officer of Customs v Labrador Liquor Wholesale Pty Ltd (2003) 77 ALJR 1629 Jacara v Perpetual Trustees WA Limited (2000) 106 FCR 51 CASES CITED : R v Ravindra [1997] 3 NZLR 242 Smith v The Queen (2001) 75 ALJR 1398 Tillman's Butcheries Pty Ltd v Australian Meat Industry Employees Union (1980) 42 FLR 331 Townsend v Townsend [2001] NSWCA 136 Zaknic Pty Ltd v Svelte Corporation Pty Ltd (1995) 61 FCR 171 Australian Securities and Investments Commission (P) PARTIES : Geoffrey William Vines (D1) Francis Timothy Robertson (D2) Timothy John Henry Fox (D3) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3138/01 S D Robb QC 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)