NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Hannell v Lo [2020] NSWSC 929 Hearing dates: 21 July 2020 Date of orders: 21 July 2020 Decision date: 21 July 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison J Decision: (1) Grant leave to the plaintiff to file in court an amended statement of claim in the form annexed to the affidavit of William James Madden sworn 17 July 2020. (2) Confirm the hearing date of 3 August 2020. (3) Order that any amended defence be filed by no later than 31 July 2020. (4) Order that the parties provide my Associate with a revised schedule of pre-trial requirements by no later than 23 July 2020. (5) Order that the costs of this application be Dr Hannell's costs in the proceedings. (6) Grant liberty to apply. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – negligence – where alleged failure to detect or report upon suspicious lesion – where proceedings expedited due to predictions about life expectancy of plaintiff – where plaintiff filed amended statement of claim – where defendant concerned about ability to address new proposals and organise such matters as expert conclaves and mediation by existing hearing date Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Geoffrey Hannell (Plaintiff) Terry King Lo (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: R O'Keefe (Plaintiff) M Hutchings (Defendant)
Solicitors: Carroll & O'Dea Lawyers (Plaintiff) HWL Ebsworth (Defendant) File Number(s): 2019/252510 Publication restriction: Nil
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