Agricultural Land Management Ltd v Jackson

The case of Agricultural Land Management Ltd v Jackson was heard in the Supreme Court of Western Australia by Edelman J. The case concerned issues of admissibility of certain documents as evidence in a civil claim for damages for breach of contract. The first issue was whether certain documents were admissible under s 79C(2a) of the Evidence Act 1906 (WA). The court held that one of the documents, a document recording costs, was admissible as it was prepared in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of recording a matter relating to the business. The second document, a memorandum concerning a business transaction, was not admissible as it was not prepared in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of recording a matter relating to the business. The court also ruled that the plaintiff had leave to reopen its case to call an expert to verify his report on the value of the property, as the defendants had not admitted that the report was an honestly held opinion.