EW Lewis Investment and Finance Limited and EW Lewis Investment Venture Capital Limited v Plantation Development Company Limited, Christopher Kerr and Plantation Holdings Company Limited

Contract-Loan-Promissory Notes-Whether loan repaid-Whether interest rate agreed-Whether documentation created a sham transaction-Whether illegality tainted contract-Whether evidence admissible-Stamp Duty Act-Whether documents improperly stamped-Whether late stamping permissible-Whether equitable mortgage created-Hearsay objections to witness statement-Failure to take objections at case management-Whether trial judge has discretion to refuse to entertain late application-Whether self-serving evidence of communication to a third admissible-Whether trial judge has a discretion to exclude documentary evidence which was deliberately not disclosed.