Read the full judgment text of HCA 51/2007 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 23 December 2014.
1. It is true that discovery is a continuing obligation. However, since the CJR, the courts have endeavoured to make it clear to the parties that the court will not condone late discovery made at the commencement of trial, or at the eve of trial. The CJR introduced measures to ensure early preparation for trial by the parties and the court will rarely exercise its discretion to admit late documents or late evidence, in the absence of exceptional circumstances or unless good reasons exist to allo
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