Dasreef Pty Limited v. Hawchar
Case No.
S313/2010
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
6/07/2010 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Appeal)(Allsop P, Basten JA, Campbell JA)
Catchwords
Evidence — Admissibility and relevance — Opinion evidence — Expert opinion —Expert with experience relevant to general topic of industrial dust gave opinion evidence to Dust Diseases Tribunal on concentration of silica in air — Whether expert disclosed facts, assumptions and reasoning in manner sufficient to make it plain to trial judge that expert opinion wholly or substantially based on expert’s expertise in area of contention — Whether such disclosure necessary in order for evidence to be admissible — Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s 79.
Documents
10/12/2010 Hearing (SLA, Sydney)
22/12/2010 Notice of appeal
01/02/2011 Written submissions (Appellant)
01/02/2011 Chronology
22/02/2011 Written submissions (Respondent)
01/03/2011 Reply
06/04/2011 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra)
22/06/2011 Judgment (Judgment summary)