Le v Brown; Nguyen v Brown; Tran v Brown; Monica v Brown; Huggett v Brown [2017] NSWSC 162

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Le v Brown; Nguyen v Brown; Tran v Brown; Monica v Brown; Huggett v Brown [2017] NSWSC 162 Hearing dates: 20 February 2017 Decision date: 22 February 2017 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McCallum J Decision: Application for leave to serve an additional expert report refused Catchwords: PROCEDURE – expert evidence – case management – application by defendant for leave to serve expert report outside timeframe ordered by the Court – where the same defendant had already served reports of three experts in the same field of expertise – closeness to hearing – prospect of prejudice to other defendant Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), pt 6 Practice Note SC CL 5, cls 33, 34 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), pt 31.28 Cases Cited: Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175; [2009] HCA 27 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: 2014/271370 Thi Le Le (plaintiff) Edwin Christopher Brown (first defendant) Shark Group Pty Ltd (second defendant) Futurewood Pty Limited (third defendant)

2014/347492 Cindy Xuan Vy Nguyen (plaintiff) Edwin Christopher Brown (first defendant) Shark Group Pty Ltd (second defendant) Futurewood Pty Limited (third defendant)

2014/358521 Van Diep Tran (plaintiff) Edwin Christopher Brown (first defendant) Shark Group Pty Ltd (second defendant) Futurewood Pty Limited (third defendant)