De Costi Seafoods (Franchises) Pty Limited and Anor v Wachtenheim and Anor (No 2) [2012] NSWDC 286

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: De Costi Seafoods (Franchises) Pty Limited and Anor v Wachtenheim and Anor (No 2) [2012] NSWDC 286 Hearing dates: 6, 7, 8 August 2012 Decision date: 08 August 2012 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: P Taylor SC DCJ Decision: Evidence should not be admitted and the tender of the recording is rejected. Catchwords: EVIDENCE - evidence improperly or illegally obtained -secretly recorded conversation - conversation on loudspeaker - conversation between counsel and witness - presence of other witness under cross-examination - presence of other witness not yet examined Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995, s 38, s 138 Surveillance Devices Act 2007, s 4, s 7, s 11 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Cases Cited: Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Day v Perisher Blue Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 110 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Roads Corporation v Thomas Love [2010] VSC 253 See v Hardman & Anor [2002] NSWSC 234 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: De Costi Seafoods (Franchises) Pty Limited (ACN 103 324 812) (first plaintiff/first cross-defendant) De Costi Seafoods (Holdings) Pty Limited (ACN 064 186 410) (second plaintiff/fifth cross-defendant) Serge Wachtenheim (first defendant/first cross-claimant) Deist Safety Equipment Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 081 763 877) (second defendant/second cross-claimant) Frank Theodore (second cross-defendant) George Costi (fourth cross-defendant) Androulla Costi (seventh cross-defendant) Representation: Mr S J Stanton with Mr M B Holmes (plaintiffs/first, second, fourth, fifth and seventh cross-defendants) Mr R Newell (defendants/cross-claimants) McLachlan Thorpe (plaintiffs/first, second, fourth, fifth and seventh cross-defendants) LC Muriniti & Associates (defendants/cross-claimants) File Number(s): 2006/296319 Publication restriction: No