Land Enviro Corp Pty Limited & Ors v HTT Huntley Heritage Pty Limited & Ors [2012] NSWSC 177

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Land Enviro Corp Pty Limited & Ors v HTT Huntley Heritage Pty Limited & Ors [2012] NSWSC 177 Hearing dates: 6 February 2012 - 2 March 2012 Decision date: 05 March 2012 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Stevenson J Decision: The tender of Dr Ferrier's report of 21 December 2010 (and related subsequent reports) is rejected. Leave is refused to the plaintiffs to rely on Dr Ferrier's 23 February 2012 report. Catchwords: Evidence - expert report - relevance of expert reports to issues in the proceedings - proof of assumption rule - whether underlying assumptions admissible as part of business records or as admissions Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules Cases Cited: Johnson and Others v Perez (1988) 166 CLR 351 Nikolaou and Another v Papasavas, Phillips & Co (1989) 166 CLR 394 Steve Masselos & Co v Young [2011] NSWCA 352 Dasreef Pty Ltd v Hawchar (2011) 243 CLR 588 Pownall v Conlan Management Pty Ltd (1995) 12 WAR 370 Lithgow City Council v Jackson [2011] HCA 36, (2011) 281 ALR 223, (2011) 85 ALJR 1130 Investmentsource Corp Pty Ltd v Knox Street Apartments Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 1128 Street v Luna Park Sydney Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 688 Ringrow Pty Ltd v BP Australia Ltd [2003] FCA 933, (2003) 120 FCR 569 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Land Enviro Corp Pty Limited (First Plaintiff) Sam Zdrilic (Second Plaintiff) Amy Zdrilic (Third Plaintiff) Amy Holdings Pty Limited (Fourth Plaintiff) HTT Huntley Heritage Pty Limited (First Defendant) Robert Michael Renshall (Second Defendant) David Hickie (Third Defendant) Sentel Pty Limited (Fourth Defendant) Devubo Pty Limited (Fifth Defendant) Vocifa Pty Limited (Sixth Defendant) Michael John Ansell (Seventh Defendant) Representation: T. M. Jucovic QC and S.A. Wells (Plaintiffs) M. L. D. Einfeld QC and M. Sneddon (First, Second and Fifth Defendants) G.A.F. Connolly (Third and Sixth Defendants) Kemp Strang (Plaintiffs) Middletons (First, Second and Fifth Defendants) Phillip Brand (Third and Sixth Defendants) File Number(s): 2007/254173