NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Tim Barr Pty Ltd v Narui Gold Coast Pty Ltd [2009] NSWSC 769
HEARING DATE(S) : Written Submissions: 23/04/09, 30/04/09, 14/07/09
JUDGMENT DATE : 6 August 2009
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J
DECISION : See paragraph 56.
CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE - admissibility and relevancy - exceptions to the hearsay rule - s 63 exception where maker of representation in a document is "not available to give evidence" - meaning of "available" - meaning of "attendance" - where person resident in a foreign country - whether availability of procedures under the Evidence on Commission Act is relevant to these questions - EVIDENCE - admissibility and relevancy - exceptions to the hearsay rule - s 81 exception for previous representation reasonably necessary to an understanding of an admission where the representation made "at the time the admission was made, or shortly before or after that time" - meaning of "shortly after" - WORDS AND PHRASES - "attendance" - "shortly after"
Evidence Act 1995, Part 2 clause 4(1) of the dictionary, ss 36(1), 59, 63, 64(1), 67, 68, 81(1), 81(2), 135(a) Evidence (Audio and Audio Visual Links) Act 1998, ss 5B, 5C LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence on Commission Act 1995, ss 4, 6(1), 5, 8 Foreign Evidence Act 1994 (Cth), s 7 Interpretation Act 1987, s 12(1)(b)
CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings
Aetna Pacific Securities Ltd v Hong Kong Bank of Australia Ltd (unreported, NSWSC, Giles J, 29 April 1993) Arhill Pty Ltd v General Terminal Co Pty Ltd (1990) 23 NSWLR 545 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Rich [2004] NSWSC 467; (2004) 49 ACSR 578 Bakerland Pty Ltd v Coleridge [2002] NSWCA 30; (2002) 12 ANZ Ins Cas 61-521 British American Tobacco Australia Services Ltd v Eubanks [2004] NSWCA 158; (2004) 60 NSWLR 483 Caterpillar Inc v John Deere Ltd (No 2) [2000] FCA 1903; (2000) 181 ALR 108 Federal Treasury Enterprise (FKP) Sojuzplodoimport v Spirits International NV [2007] FCAFC 43; (2007) 157 FCR 558 Fisher v CHT Ltd [1965] 1 WLR 1093 Magnusson v ACT Health Community Care Service [2001] ACTSC 3 CASES CITED : Middleton v The Queen (1998) 19 WAR 179 Mindshare Communications Ltd v Orleans Investments Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 976 Ordukaya v Hicks [2000] NSWCA 180 Papakosmas v The Queen [1999] HCA 37; (1999) 196 CLR 297 R v Williamson (1972) 2 NSWLR 281 Seafood Imports Pty Ltd v ANL Singapore Pte Ltd (No 1) [2009] FCA 435 Stemcor (Australasia) Pty Ltd v Oceanwave Line SA [2004] FCA 391 Tim Barr Pty Ltd v Narui Gold Coast Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 654 Tim Barr Pty Ltd v Narui Gold Coast Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 1070 Tim Barr Pty Ltd v Narui Gold Coast Pty Ltd [2009] NSWSC 49
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