Ubertini v Saeco International Group Spa (No 2) [2013] VSC 489 (11 September...
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/vic/VSC/2013/489.html PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – PLEADINGS – application to amend pleadings at trial – relevant principles governing court’s discretion to grant leave...
View ArticleBar-Mordecai v Attorney-General of NSW [2013] NSWSC 1303 (11 September 2013)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2013/1303.html EVIDENCE – whether letter written in connection with an attempt to negotiate a settlement of the dispute – Held to be inadmissible – no point...
View ArticleThaler v Amzalak (No 3) [2013] NSWSC 1315 (12 September 2013)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2013/1315.html PROCEDURE – costs – whether there should be any departure from the usual rule as to costs – whether successful party should be deprived of a...
View ArticleR v GD [2013] NSWCCA 212 (13 September 2013)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWCCA/2013/212.html CRIMINAL LAW – Crown appeal against sentence – respondent received discount for late plea and assistance – respondent failed to fulfil...
View ArticleNiaros v The Queen [2013] VSCA 249 (13 September 2013)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2013/249.html CRIMINAL LAW – Application for leave to appeal – Rape – Assault with intent to rape – Verdicts not factually inconsistent because of a...
View ArticleFantakis v NSW Commissioner of Police & Ors [2013] NSWSC 1333 (17 September...
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2013/1333.html APPEAL FROM LOCAL COURT – Appeal against orders by magistrate that non-intimate forensic procedures be carried out – whether plaintiff denied...
View ArticleJames Mark Waugh & Ors v TAFE NSW Western Institute & Anor (No 3) [2013]...
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2013/1662.html EVIDENCE – admissibility – cross examination under s43 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) – objection taken – whether document on which the witness is...
View ArticleRe Gunns Plantations Limited (No 4) [2013] VSC 595 (31 October 2013)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/vic/VSC/2013/595.html CORPORATIONS — Forestry managed investment scheme — Application by liquidators for directions in relation to costs, expenses and remuneration —...
View ArticleR v Gittany (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 1599 (4 November 2013)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2013/1599.html EVIDENCE – relationship evidence – whether relevant – operation of exclusionary provisions
View ArticleJames Mark Waugh & Ors v TAFE NSW Western Institute & Anor (No 4) [2013]...
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2013/1663.html EVIDENCE – admissibility – whether evidence admissible under s79 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) – whether evidence complies with Uniform Civil...
View ArticleAgripower Barraba Pty Limited v Blomfield [2013] NSWSC 1598 (5 November 2013)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2013/1598.html PROPERTY – fixtures to land – intention of parties – degree of annexation – where uncertainty over who owned disputed items prior to transfer...
View ArticleRinRim Pty Ltd v Deutsche Bank Australia Limited & Ors [2013] NSWSC 1654 (11...
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2013/1654.html EVIDENCE – client legal privilege – waiver – whether for purposes of s 122(2) Evidence Act 1995 party acted inconsistently with objecting to...
View ArticleBorn Brands Pty Ltd v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd (No. 6) [2013] NSWSC...
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2013/1651.html DEFAMATION- cause of action- corporate plaintiff not established excluded – imputations- whether carried- identity of natural plaintiffs...
View ArticleVERSI Peter v R [2013] NSWCCA 206 (14 November 2013)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWCCA/2013/206.html CRIMINAL LAW – appeal against conviction – historical child sexual assault – verdict not unreasonable – errors in trial transcript –...
View ArticleBin Sulaeman v R [2013] NSWCCA 283 (14 November 2013)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWCCA/2013/283.html EVIDENCE – offence of aggravated people smuggling – evidence of admission made to officer of Royal Australian Navy boarding party – use of...
View ArticleMIS Funding No 1 Pty Ltd v Buckley [2013] VSC 607 (15 November 2013)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/vic/VSC/2013/607.html CORPORATIONS – unregistered managed investment scheme – no prospectus – information memorandum offering investment only to limited classes of...
View ArticleLanda v Perpetual Trustees Victoria [2013] NSWSC 1685 (1 November 2013)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2013/1685.html AGENCY – where mortgage broker misappropriated loan monies – whether mortgage broker acting with actual or apparent authority of mortgagee –...
View ArticleSpaulding v Law Institute of Victoria [2013] VSC 632 (8 November 2013)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/vic/VSC/2013/632.html ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Application for leave to appeal from the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal – Appeal from interlocutory orders –...
View ArticleR v FE [2013] NSWSC 1692 (12 November 2013)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2013/1692.html EVIDENCE – s 138 and s 139 Evidence Act 1995 – improperly obtained evidence- failure to caution the accused- interview conducted...
View ArticleChaina v Presbyterian Church (NSW) Property Trust (No. 24) [2013] NSWSC 1677...
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2013/1677.html EVIDENCE – expert evidence – opinion based upon assumptions and documents – documents not in evidence – assumptions not otherwise proved –...
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