Tanuvasa v USG Boral Building Products [2022] NSWDC 319

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Tanuvasa v USG Boral Building Products [2022] NSWDC 319 Hearing dates: 15 and 22 July 2022 Date of orders: 5 August 2022 Decision date: 05 August 2022 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Judge Levy SC Decision: See paragraph [83] for orders. Catchwords: PRACTICE & PROCEDURE – dismissal of belated application by the defendant seeking leave to amend the defence to plead a previously overlooked potential limitation bar defence – leave refused due to defendant's tardy litigation conduct: s 58(2) of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) – prejudice to the defendant outweighed by prejudice to the plaintiff Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s 5B, s 5D, s 5F, s 5G, s 5H, s 5I, s 5R, s 5S Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56, s 57, s 58, s 64 District Court Act 1973 (NSW), s 51(2)(b) Limitation Act 1969 (NSW), s 50D Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 14.14, r 19.1, r 19.3 Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW), s 151Z Cases Cited: Aon Risk Services Australia Limited v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175; [2009] HCA 27 Dare v Pulham [1982] HCA 70; 148 CLR 658 Fitzgerald v State of New South Wales [2017] NSWSC 1602 Johnson v State of New South Wales [2017] NSWSC 1591 Jones v State of New South Wales [2017] NSWSC 1601 Pomare v Whyte [2019] NSWCA 317 Wells v Commonwealth of Australia [2014] NSWSC 148 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Asela Rambo Tanuvasa (Plaintiff/respondent) USG Boral Building Products Pty Ltd (Defendant/applicant) Representation: Counsel: Mr J Malouf (Plaintiff) Mr R Coffey (Defendant)