Ahern v Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd [2022] NSWSC 702

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Ahern v Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd [2022] NSWSC 702 Hearing dates: 11 May 2022 Date of orders: 30 May 2022 Decision date: 30 May 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Fagan J Decision: Plaintiffs' amended summons dismissed with costs assessed in the global sum of $80,000. Catchwords: COSTS – leave to appeal under s 385 of the Legal Profession Act 2004 – appeal two years and seven months out of time – exhausted right of appeal under s 384 – delay not satisfactorily explained, excused or justified – summons dismissed Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW) Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) (Repealed) Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules Cases Cited: Ahern v Aon Risk Services Australia Limited [2020] NSWDC Ahern v Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd [2021] NSWCA 166 Ahern v Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd (No 2) [2022] NSWCA 39 Asuzu v Council of the New South Wales Bar Association [2012] NSWCA 406 Bobb v Wombat Securities Pty Ltd & [2013] NSWSC 757 Cassegrain v CTK Engineering [2008] NSWSC 457 Chapmans Ltd v Yandell [1999] NSWCA 361 Gazecki v McCabes Lawyers Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 98 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Jackamarra v Krakouer (1998) 195 CLR 516 Tomko v Palasty (No. 2) (2007) 71 NSWLR 61; [2007] NSWCA 369 Wentworth v Rogers (2006) 66 NSWLR 474; [2006] NSWCA 145 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Marshall Ahern (plaintiff) Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd (defendant) Representation: Counsel: L McBride (plaintiff) J McDonald (defendant)