Notaras & Anor v Hugh & Ors [2003] NSWSC 167

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Notaras & Anor v Hugh & Ors [2003] NSWSC 167 HEARING DATE(S) : 17-20, 24-27 February 2003 3-6, 10, 11 & 13 March 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 March 2003 JURISDICTION: Common Law JUDGMENT OF : Sperling J at 1 DECISION : See paragraph 1 of the judgment.

CATCHWORDS : Evidence - admissibility of opinion evidence based on information built up in a way not capable of strict proof - strict proof not required - contrasted with strict proof required of particular instances or transactions on which opinion evidence is based LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995, s59, s69, s76, s79, s135 Supreme Court Rules, Pt36 r13CA, Sch K Arnotts Ltd v Trade Practices Commission (1985) 24 FCR 313 Davie v Lord Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of the City of Edinburgh [1953] SC 34 De Berenger (1814) 3 M&S 67; (1814) 105 ER 536 CASES CITED : Idoport Pty Ltd v National Australia Bank Ltd [2001] NSWSC 123 English Exporters (London) Ltd v Eldonwall Ltd [1973] Ch 415 Makita (Australia) Pty Ltd v Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 Quinn v Leathem [1901] AC 495 Sydneywide Distributors Pty Ltd v Red Bull Australia Pty Ltd [2002] FCAFC 157 Irene Notaras PARTIES : Enijar Pty Ltd Robert Duncan Hugh, Justin Simon Adam, Robert Warwick Anderson, Michael John Astill, John Ashton Beardow, Jeremy James Bingham, Brian Harvey Davidson, Christopher Lee Davies, Sandra Katherine Dibella, Roger Andrew Fitzsimmons, Ronald William Forster, Andrew Dymock Forsyth, Ross Walter Forsyth, Terence Brian Grace, Robert Gordon Haines, Edward Lindsay Roux Houghton, Heather Patricia Irish, Stanley Simon Kalinko, Paul Joseph Larbalestier, Richard Geoffrey Lewis, Donald Gordon Mackay, Andrew John Tunmer Martin, Russell Victor Miller, Robert Keith Newton, Warwick Philip O'Rourke, Neal Findlay Shirras Parkinson, Mahla Liane Pearlman, Timothy George Peken, Warren James Pengilly, Martin Cassimer Przybylski, Graham Leonard Raffell, Michael Bernard Reymond, Barry Gordon Richardson, Peter Ronald Rigg, Paul William Robinson, Ross Edward Seller, Margaret Siddis, Ruth Lindsay Stringer, Mark Ferdinand Treffers, John Frederick Warburton, John Bede Weber, Jennifer Helen Wily, Ian Stuart Wylie & Michael Rodney Wynter t/a Sly & Weigall Solicitors (20217/98) Graeme Solomon Newman & Kosmas Psaltis t/a Newman Psaltis & Co (20212/98) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20217/98; 20212/98 Mr R Evans with Mr J Whyte for the Plaintiffs COUNSEL : Mr J Sackar QC with Mr R Hollo for the Defendants in 20217/98 Mr D Davies SC with Mr J Downing for the Defendants in 20212/98 McKells Solicitors for the Plaintiffs SOLICITORS : Minter Ellison for the Defendants in 20217/98 Ebsworth & Ebsworth for the Defendants in 20212/98