Australia, March 12 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Feb. 12:
1. The proceedings against the first defendant were commenced on 23 December 2022. The second defendant was joined on 15 February 2024.
2. On 13 September 2024 Stevenson J, in the Commercial List, gave a number of directions concerning the progress of the litigation. In respect of expert evidence, he directed at Order 6.1 that each defendant provide a:
"proposal for expert evidence in the proceeding outlining the proposed fields of expertise in which they intend to adduce expert evidence, the number of expert reports in each field that the defendants intend to rely on, and a concise statement of reasons as to the relevance...