NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Thomas & Ors v SMP (International) Pty Ltd & Ors [2010] NSWSC 822 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S) : 26 July 2010 JURISDICTION : Equity
JUDGMENT OF : Pembroke J
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 26 July 2010
DECISION : See judgment
CATCHWORDS : AFFIDAVITS - prolix - oppressive - irrelevant and excessive detail - AFFIDAVITS - evidence in chief - inappropriate in particular circumstances - contentious oral communications - lack of utility and unfairness - oral evidence ordered - BARRISTERS - duty to court - to control bulk of evidence - to restrain clients - to limit waste of time and money
CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings
Access to Justice Report, Final Report (HMSO) 1996 Griffiths, Civil Litigation in the Nineties (1991) 57(3) Arbitration 168 A H Engelbach, Anecdotes of Bench & Bar, 1913 TEXTS CITED : J D Heydon, Reciprocal Duties of Bench & Bar, (2007) 81 ALJ 23 New South Wales Law Reform Commission, Working Paper 14 (1975) - Procedure: Common Law Pleadings A Emmett, Practical Litigation in the Federal Court of Australia - Affidavits (2001) 20 Australian Bar Review 28 R C Teece, The Law & Conduct of the Legal Profession in New South Wales, (Law Book Co, Sydney, 1963) 2nd ed
PARTIES : Eric Clyde Thomas SMP (International) Pty Ltd
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2003/00085446
P E King - for second plaintiff COUNSEL : W Carney - for third defendant R J Weber SC with I R Pike - for fourth defendant F Kalyk - for fifth defendant
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