Hyhonie Holdings Pty Ltd v Leroy [2003] NSWSC 520

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Hyhonie Holdings Pty Ltd v Leroy [2003] NSWSC 520 HEARING DATE(S) : 12/06/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 June 2003 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq DECISION : Reject parts of the affidavit and the associated evidence.

CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE [83]- Admissibility- Communications between parties settling dispute- Dispute settled- Subsequent litigation between different parties- What said during such negotiations relevant- Whether admissible- Equitable evidence, whether prevented by Evidence Act 1995- Whether inferences available from refusal to disclose- "Consent" to admission of evidence- Implied consent- Does implied consent arise if a person only objects on a ground that is overruled by the Judge?- Evidence Act ss 131(2), 134. LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995, ss 122(1), 131(2), 134 Causley v Savins (Giles J, 11.4.97) Garratt's Ltd v Thanga Thangathurai [2002] NSWSC 39 Henley v Philips (1740) 2 Ath 48; 26 ER 426 CASES CITED : Lock v Lock [1966] SASR 246 Martin v The Great Northern Railway Corporation (1855) 16 CB 179; 139 ER 724 Perpetual Trustees (WA) Ltd v Equuscorp Pty Ltd [1999] 1 FCA 925 Sunstate Airlines (Queensland) Pty Ltd v First Chicago Australia Securities Ltd (Giles J, 26.3.97) Hyhonie Holdings Pty Limited (P1) PARTIES : Leila Marie Yazbek (P2) Paul Leroy as Trustee of the Bankrupt Estate of Robert Lewis Yazbek (D) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2663/03 COUNSEL : A J L Bannon SC and R J Powell (P) B A M Connell (D) SOLICITORS : Bowring Stone (P) Clinch Neville Long (D)