Warragamba Winery Pty Ltd v State of NSW [2011] NSWSC 1492

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Warragamba Winery Pty Ltd v State of NSW [2011] NSWSC 1492 Hearing dates: 9, 10, 15 November 2011 Decision date: 15 November 2011 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Walmsley AJ Decision: See paragraph [32] Catchwords: Evidence - hypothetical - whether s 5D(3) Civil Liability Act subject to right to re-examine Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 Evidence Act 1995 Cases Cited: Chamberlain v Ormsby t/as Ormsby Flower [2005] NSWCA 454 Elbourne v Gibbs [2006] NSWCA 127 Hadid v Australis Media Ltd (unreported, Sperling J, NSWSC, 5 November 1996) Hancock v Arnold, Dodd v Arnold [2008] NSWCA 254 Jeandin v Tzovaras [2011] NSWSC 1254 KT v PLG [2006] NSWSC 919 Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 205 CLR 434 Telstra Corp Ltd v Bisley [2005] NSWCA 128 Texts Cited: J D Heydon, Cross on Evidence, (loose leaf) (2002) Lexis Nexis Australia S Odgers, Uniform Evidence Law", 7th Ed (2008) Thomson Reuters Australia Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Warragamba Winery Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Lionel Rupert Fowler (Plaintiff) David Gauci (Plaintiff) Ernest Hausler (Plaintiff) Vitomir Kuzmanovic (Plaintiff) Michelle Larden (Plaintiff) Bruno Lopreiato (Plaintiff) Alexander Lynch (Plaintiff) Darryl Nix (Plaintiff) Michael O'Brien (Plaintiff) Michael G Passlow (Plaintiff) Antol Plachozki (Plaintiff) Paul Quigley (Plaintiff) Richard Sheppard (Plaintiff) Russell Sheppard (Plaintiff) State of New South Wales (First defendant) Sydney Catchment Authority (Second Defendant) Representation: D Nock SC with K Odgers (Plaintiffs) L King SC with C A Webster, S Gregory, N Newton (Defendants) McLachlan Chilton (Plaintiffs) Gild (Defendants) File Number(s): 2005/00269559