Rodriguez & Sons Pty Ltd v Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority trading as Seqwater (No 10) [2018] NSWSC 149

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Rodriguez & Sons Pty Ltd v Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority trading as Seqwater (No 10) [2018] NSWSC 149 Hearing dates: 19 February 2018 Date of orders: 19 February 2018 Decision date: 19 February 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: Tender of simulations rejected Catchwords: EVIDENCE – simulations in expert's report – based on inflows that expert now disavows – rejected under s 135 Evidence Act Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 55, 79, 135 Cases Cited: Rodriguez & Sons Pty Ltd v Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority trading as Seqwater (No 9) [2017] NSWSC 1116 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Rodriguez & Sons Pty Limited (Plaintiff) Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority t/as Seqwater (First Defendant) SunWater Limited (Second Defendant) State of Queensland (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Sexton SC; N Owens SC; R Yezerski; J Taylor (Plaintiff) B O'Donnell QC; A Pomerenke QC; D Piggott; D Klineberg (First Defendant) D Williams SC; HJA Neal; N Simpson (Second Defendant) GA Thompson QC; JM Horton QC; E Morzone (Third Defendant)

Solicitors: Maurice Blackburn Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) King & Wood Mallesons (First Defendant) Norton Rose Fulbright (Second Defendant) Crown Solicitor for the State of Queensland (Third Defendant) File Number(s): 2014/200854