ASIC v Rich [2004] NSWSC 1062

Reported Decision : 51 ACSR 363

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : ASIC v Rich [2004] NSWSC 1062 HEARING DATE(S) : 9 November 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 10 November 2004 JURISDICTION: Equity JUDGMENT OF : Austin J DECISION : Evidence given on voir dire is evidence in proceeding generally, subject to further order.

CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE – expert opinion evidence – whether defendants should be permitted to cross-examine expert on voir dire – whether evidence adduced on proposed voir dire would be evidence in proceeding generally, or only when tendered and received after voir dire – whether discretions under ss 135 and 136 of Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) should be exercised in defendants' favour before commencement of witness' evidence on voir dire LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 1317L Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) ss 9, 56, 135, 136, 189 Amalgamated Television Services Pty Limited v Marsden [2002] NSWCA 419 ASIC v Rich [2004] NSWSC 970 ASIC v Vines (2003) 48 ACSR 282 Brown v Commissioner of Taxation (2002) 119 FCR 269 Casley-Smith v FS Evans & Sons Pty Limited (No.2) (1988) 49 SASR 332 Demirok v R (1977) 137 CLR 20 Dixon v McCarthy [1975] 1 NSWLR 617 CASES CITED : Ex parte Whitelock; re McKenzie [1971] 2 NSWLR 534 MacPherson v R (1981) 147 CLR 512 Makita (Australia) Pty Limited v Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 R v Amo [1963] P & NGLR 22 R v Lars (1994) 73 A Crim R 91 R v Meier (New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal, Gleeson CJ, Dowd and Hidden JJ, unreported, 21 May 1996, BC9601936) Smith v R (1957) 97 CLR 100 Sydneywide Distributors Pty Limited v Red Bull Australia Pty Limited (2002) 55 IPR 354 Australian Securities and Investments Commission (P) PARTIES : John David Rich (D1) Mark Alan Silbermann (D4) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5934/01 COUNSEL : R B S Macfarlan QC with J P A Durack SC, N J Beaumont and J E O'Sullivan (P) D L Williams SC with M J Steele and S A Goodman (D1, D4) SOLICITORS : Jan Redfern, Solicitor for Australian Securities and Investments Commission (P) Joanne Kelly, Solicitor (D1, D4)