Short v Crawley [2003] NSWSC 1158

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Short v Crawley [2003] NSWSC 1158 revised - 19/03/2004 HEARING DATE(S) : 27 November & 2 December 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 2 December 2003 JURISDICTION: Equity JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J DECISION : Examiner appointed to take cross examination of plaintiff.

CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE [240] - Evidence on commission or letters of request - Jurisdiction and in general - Appointment of examiner - General rule - Power is discretionary - Ambit of discretion - EVIDENCE [252] - Affidavits - Use of affidavits - Cross examination of deponent - Deponent unable to be cross examined - Weight to be given to affidavit evidence. LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules 1970 Part 27 r 1A Citibank Ltd v Liu; ABN Amro Bank NV v Liu [2003] NSWSC 569 Clyne v The Law Society of New South Wales NSWCA 4 September 1987 unreported Coch v Allcock & Co (1888) 21 QBD 178 CASES CITED : Fexuto Pty Ltd v Bosnjak Holdings Pty Ltd (1988) 28ACSR 688 Hardie Rubber Company Pty Limited v The General Tire & Rubber Company (1973) 129 CLR 521 Idoport Pty Ltd v National Australia Bank Ltd [2001] NSWSC 838 Re O'Neil [1972] VR 327 Short v Crawley [2003] NSWSC 609 Warwick Short (1P & 1XD) Nabatu Pty Limited (2P & 2XD) Christopher Crawley (1P & 3XC) PARTIES : Marsico Holdings Pty Limited (2D & 1XC) J & J O'Brien Pty Limited (3D & 2XC) Vensel Pty Limited (4D) Trudale Pty Limited (5D) Judith Kiralyhidi Crawley (6D) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2824/98 COUNSEL : I M Jackman SC (Ps & XDs) A J Bannon SC and D B Studdy (Ds & XCs) SOLICITORS : Kemp Strang (Ps & XDs) Blake Dawson Waldron (Ds & XCs)