Australia, June 16 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement May 16:
1. The prosecutor seeks an order that "if any expert witness is proposed to be called at the hearing by the prosecutor, a copy of each report by the witness that is relevant to the case" be served by 25 April 2025.
2. The defendant opposes that order on the grounds that:
1) The defendant will be prejudiced.
2) The defendant does not know the case it has to meet.
3) The prosecutor has not provided any evidence as to the prejudice that it may suffer if the expert report is not allowed to be served.
4) The prosecutor has failed to provide any reasons for the delay in seeking and serving the expert report.
5) The service of the...