Street & 7 Ors v Luna Park Sydney Pty Limited & 3 Ors [2007] NSWSC 695

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Street & 7 Ors v Luna Park Sydney Pty Limited & 3 Ors [2007] NSWSC 695

HEARING DATE(S) : 12, 13 June 2007

JUDGMENT DATE : 13 June 2007

JURISDICTION : Equity Division

JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J

DECISION : Evidence rejected as obtained in contemplation of or in connection with proceedings

CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE – hearsay – exceptions – business records – whether representations obtained in contemplation of or in connection with proceeding

(CTH) Trade Practices Act 1974 LEGISLATION CITED : (NSW) Crown Lands Act 1989 (NSW) Evidence Act 1898 s 14 CF (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 ss 69, 183

Atra v Farmers & Graziers Co-op Co Limited (1986) 5 NSWLR 281 Compafina Bank v Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Limited [1982] 1 NSWLR 409 Marsden v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Limited [2000] NSWSC 425 CASES CITED : Nye v State of New South Wales [2002] NSWSC 1268; (2002) 134 A Crim R 245 S & Y Investments (No 2) Pty Ltd v Commercial Union Assurance Company of Australia Limited (1986) 82 FLR 130 Supetina Pty Ltd v Lombok Pty Ltd (1984) 5 FCR 439; 59 ALR 581 Vitali v Stachnik [2001] NSWSC 303

Joan Street (first plaintiff) Ros Dwyer (second plaintiff) Michael Hesse (third plaintiff) Glen Eight Pty Ltd (fourth plaintiff) Susan Hesse (fifth plaintiff) PARTIES : Robert Simkin (sixth plaintiff) Glen Federick Billington (seventh plaintiff) Fiona Jeanette Billington (eighth plaintiff) Luna Park Sydney Pty Ltd (first defendant) Metro Edgley Pty Ltd (second defendant) Peter Hearne (third defendant) Warwick Doughty (fourth defendant)