ASIC v Rich [2006] NSWSC 266

ASIC v Rich [2006] NSWSC 266

A substantial adjournment was unavoidable because the defendants' evidence presented, for the first time, the nature, scope and detail of their answer to ASIC's case and comprised a very large volume of material. ASIC required a proper opportunity to review that evidence, prepare cross-examination, consider...

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Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
04 April 2006
Procedural Posture
Civil Penalty Proceeding / Plaintiff's Application for Adjournment to Review Defendants' Evidence and Consider Objections, Cross Examination and Possible Evidence in Reply
Outcome
Adjournment for period sought by plaintiff granted.
Legal Topics
['adjournment' 'penalty Privilege' 'evidence in Reply' 'admissibility Objections' 'case Management']
['practice and Procedure' 'civil Penalty Proceedings'] ['adjournment' 'penalty Privilege' 'evidence in Reply' 'admissibility Objections' 'case Management']

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Procedural Posture

Civil Penalty Proceeding / Plaintiff's Application for Adjournment to Review Defendants' Evidence and Consider Objections, Cross Examination and Possible Evidence in Reply

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether ASIC should be granted a substantial adjournment after service of voluminous defendants' evidence." 'Whether ASIC should be required at an early date to identify any proposed evidence in reply.' "How prejudice to the defendants and court resources should be weighed against ASIC's need to review and respond to the defendants' evidence."]

Ratio Decidendi

A substantial adjournment was unavoidable because the defendants' evidence presented, for the first time, the nature, scope and detail of their answer to ASIC's case and comprised a very large volume of material. ASIC required a proper opportunity to review that evidence, prepare cross-examination, consider admissibility objections, make inquiries and decide whether to adduce evidence in reply. The prejudice to ASIC if forced to proceed without that opportunity outweighed the additional prejudice to the defendants and the inconvenience to the court, and it was impractical to require ASIC to identify proposed reply evidence before completing that work.

Court Disposition

Adjournment for period sought by plaintiff granted.

Orders

  • ["ASIC's application should succeed." "The defendants' suggested direction requiring early information about proposed evidence in reply should not be made." 'The postponement should occur.']