Mclaughlin v Burrows [2021] NSWCA 170

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Mclaughlin v Burrows [2021] NSWCA 170 Hearing dates: 23 July 2021 Date of orders: 11 August 2021 Decision date: 11 August 2021 Before: Bell P; Meagher JA Decision: 1. Dismiss the summons seeking leave to appeal in proceeding 2021/78037. 2. Dismiss the notice of appeal in proceeding 2020/364240. 3. Applicant pay the respondents' costs of those proceedings. Catchwords: APPEAL – leave to appeal – where applicant's claims summarily dismissed on ground that statute-barred – whether primary judge erred in being satisfied that there was no arguable case that applicant was under a "disability" within meaning of Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) s 52(1) Legislation Cited: Limitation Act 1969 (NSW), ss 11(3)(b), 14(1)(b), 52(1) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 101(2)(e) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 13.4 Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW), ss 38, 40, 52A Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1988 (NSW), s 315 Cases Cited: Guthrie v Spence (2009) 78 NSWLR 225; [2009] NSWCA 369 Murgolo v AAI Ltd t/as AAMI [2019] NSWCA 295 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Scot George Mclaughlin (Applicant) David Wilfrid Burrows, Roger John Downs, David Laurance Potts, Paul Dante Magagnino, Peter John Chodat, Mario Quintilliani, Michael John Hatfield and Michael Paul Mantel t/as Kells the Lawyers (Respondents) Representation: Counsel: R Perla (Respondents)