High Court of Australia
HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA
GUMMOW, KIRBY, HAYNE, HEYDON AND CRENNAN JJ
STATE OF QUEENSLAND APPELLANT
AND
PETER ROBERT STEPHENSON RESPONDENT
State of Queensland v Stephenson
[2006] HCA 20
17 May 2006
B59/2005
ORDER
Appeal dismissed with costs.
On appeal from the Supreme Court of Queensland
Representation:
D O J North SC with D J Campbell SC for the appellant (instructed by Crown Solicitor for the State of Queensland)
D B Fraser QC with G R Mullins for the respondent (instructed by Gilshenan & Luton Lawyers)
Notice: This copy of the Court's Reasons for Judgment is subject to formal revision prior to publication in the Commonwealth Law Reports.
HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA
GUMMOW, KIRBY, HAYNE, HEYDON AND CRENNAN JJ
SCOTT WILLIAM REEMAN APPELLANT
AND
STATE OF QUEENSLAND RESPONDENT
Reeman v State of Queensland
B60/2005
ORDER
1. Appeal allowed with costs.
2. Set aside the orders of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Queensland made on 17 December 2004 and, in lieu thereof, order that:
(a) the appeal to that Court be allowed;
(b) the orders made by Holmes J on 9 September 2004 be set aside and, in lieu thereof, it be ordered that the period of limitation for the action commenced by the appellant on 22 July 2002 be extended so that it expired on 22 July 2002; and
(c) the respondent pay the appellant's costs of the applications before Holmes J and of the appeal.
On appeal from the Supreme Court of Queensland
Representation:
D B Fraser QC with G R Mullins for the appellant (instructed by Gilshenan & Luton Lawyers)
D O J North SC with D J Campbell SC for the respondent (instructed by Crown Solicitor for the State of Queensland)
Notice: This copy of the Court's Reasons for Judgment is subject to formal revision prior to publication in the Commonwealth Law Reports.
HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA
GUMMOW, KIRBY, HAYNE, HEYDON AND CRENNAN JJ
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