N M Rural Enterprises Pty Ltd v Rimanui Farms Ltd [2011] NSWSC 1561

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: N M Rural Enterprises Pty Ltd v Rimanui Farms Ltd [2011] NSWSC 1561 Hearing dates: 13 & 14 December 2011 Decision date: 15 December 2011 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison J Decision: 1. Grant leave to the plaintiff to reopen its case in reply to call Michael Skaines. 2. Plaintiff to pay the costs of and incidental to the application. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - application by plaintiff to reopen its case in reply - whether in the interests of justice - leave granted Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v ANU [2009] HCA 27; (2009) 239 CLR 175 ASIC v Rich [2006] NSWSC 826 Fightvision Pty Ltd v Onisforou [1999] NSWCA 323; (1999) 47 NSWLR 473 Gaskin v Ollerenshaw [2010] NSWSC 788 Golden Oceans (NSW) Pty Ltd v Evewall Pty Ltd [2009] NSWSC 674 Hines Exports Pty Ltd v Mediterranean Shipping Co SA [2001] SASC 311; (2001) 80 SASR 268 Lontav Pty Ltd v Pineross Custodial Services Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] VSC 485 Markus v Provincial Insurance Co Ltd (1983) 25 NSWCCR 1 Smith v New South Wales Bar Association [1992] HCA 36; (1992) 176 CLR 256 State of New South Wales v Public Transport Ticketing Corporation (No 3) [2011] NSWCA 200 State of Tasmania v Clements [2010] TASSC 59 Urban Transit Authority of NSW v Nweiser (1992) 28 NSWLR 471 Vaw (Kurri Kurri) Pty Ltd v Scientific Committee [2003] NSWCA 297; (2003) 58 NSWLR 631 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: N M Rural Enterprises Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Rimanui Farms Ltd (First Defendant) Gil Gil Farming Pty Ltd (Second Defendant) Lloyds Syndicate No 1243 (Third Defendant) Representation: J E Maconachie QC with S B Docker (Plaintiff) T J Hancock with J P Donohoe and A T Martin (First Defendant) B Loukas (Second Defendant) G T W Miller QC with D A Lloyd (Third Defendant) TurksLegal (Plaintiff) Webb and Boland (First Defendant) Doyle Wilson (Second Defendant) Riley Gray-Spencer (Third Defendant) File Number(s): 2003/93179