Catchwords:

PROCEDURE — Contracts for sale of land — terminated by vendor — Supreme Court proceedings seeking relief against forfeiture of deposits — later District Court proceedings by vendor seeking damages for contamination of land with asbestos in circumstances where vendor did not initially bring cross-claim — whether District Court proceedings estopped by Anshun estoppel — whether District Court proceedings should be stayed for abuse of process

EVIDENCE — denial of procedural fairness on basis of refusal to grant applicant leave to cross-examine vendor in Supreme Court proceedings — whether primary judge in Supreme Court proceedings erred in referring to respondent’s evidence as “unchallenged”