Oates v Hawkins (No 2) [2011] NSWSC 1005

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Oates v Hawkins (No 2) [2011] NSWSC 1005 Hearing dates: 31 August 2011 Decision date: 01 September 2011 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Ball J Decision: Active defendants' motion filed 31 August 2011 be dismissed. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - civil - interlocutory issues - application to vacate hearing - filing of expert reports - whether reports relevant - whether raise new issue - whether insufficient time to obtain expert in reply - in circumstance where substantial part of expert evidence only submissions - where can accommodate prejudice with additional time - not vacate hearing date Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules (NSW) Cases Cited: Oates v Hawkins [2010] NSWSC 491 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Tom Michael Oates (Plaintiff) Garrick Michael Hawkins (First Defendant) Scott Francis Tyne (Second Defendant) Consolidated Capital Ltd UK Company Number 4169970 (Third Defendant) Credit and Commercial Finance Pty Ltd ACN 074 539 683 (Fourth Defendant) Mrs Evelyn Hawkins (Fifth Defendant) Mrs Gillian Tyne (Sixth Defendant) Sea Power Holdings Limited (Seventh Defendant) Pegela Pty Ltd (Eighth Defendant) Consolidated Capital Services Pty Ltd ACN 096 516 808 (Ninth Defendant) Matrix Group Limited (In Liq) ACN 061 549 371 (Tenth Defendant) Representation: Mr M J Leeming SC (Plaintiff) Mr J C Hewitt (Plaintiff) Mr R R Stitt QC (First to Sixth, Eighth & Ninth Defendants) Mr J A N Hogan-Doran (First to Sixth, Eighth & Ninth Defendants) No Appearance (Seventh Defendant) No Appearance (Tenth Defendant) Thompson Eslick Solicitors (Plaintiff) Eakin McCaffery Cox Solicitors (First to Sixth, Eighth & Ninth Defendants) File Number(s): 2009/290344