Rodriguez & Sons Pty Ltd v Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority trading as Seqwater (No 21) [2019] NSWSC 294

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Rodriguez & Sons Pty Ltd v Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority trading as Seqwater (No 21) [2019] NSWSC 294 Hearing dates: 20 March 2019 Date of orders: 20 March 2019 Decision date: 20 March 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: Tender of paragraphs [16] and [17] in EXP.ROD.021.001 during re-examination of Dr Altinakar allowed. Catchwords: EVIDENCE – witness evidence – re-examination – scope of re-examination – whether cross-examination of expert witness meant that tender of previously disallowed evidence could be tendered – tender allowed Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 39 Cases Cited: Hadid v Australis Media Ltd (Supreme Court (NSW), Sperling J, 5 November 1996, unreported) Rodriguez & Sons Pty Ltd v Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority trading as Seqwater (No 18) [2018] NSWSC 1828 Rodriguez & Sons Pty Ltd v Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority trading as Seqwater (No 19) [2019] NSWSC 262 Rodriguez & Sons Pty Ltd v Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority trading as Seqwater (No 20) [2019] NSWSC 287 Texts Cited: Odgers, Uniform Evidence Law (13th ed., 2018, Thomson Reuters) 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: N Owens SC; R Yezerski (Plaintiff) D Klineberg (First Defendant) D Williams SC; HJA Neal; N Simpson (Second Defendant) JM Horton QC; E Morzone (Third Defendant)