Yang v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation [2024] NSWSC 428

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Yang v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation [2024] NSWSC 428 Hearing dates: 25 and 26 March 2024; 11 April 2024 Decision date: 23 April 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Ierace J Decision: (1) The plaintiff was not under a disability for the purposes of s 52 of the Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) between 9 March 2013 and 13 August 2019 for a period of at least 28 days; (2) Noting that the plaintiff's statement of claim was filed on 13 August 2019, the plaintiff's further amended statement of claim, filed on 7 September 2020, is statute-barred pursuant to s 14 of the Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) and the proceedings are dismissed; (3) The plaintiff is to pay the costs of the defendant. Catchwords: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS – Limitation Act 1969 (NSW), ss 11, 52 – suspension of limitation period – whether plaintiff under relevant disability – restraint of plaintiff's person – mental impairment – whether impairment rendered plaintiff incapable of, or substantially impeded in, managing his affairs in relation to initiating proceedings to initiate cause of action – whether statement of claim statute-barred Legislation Cited: Limitation Act 1969 (NSW), ss 11(3), 14(1)(b), 52(1)(c) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 28.2 Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW), Pt 6 Div 2 Cases Cited: Binetter v Binetter (2022) 409 ALR 1; [2022] NSWCA 169 Guthrie v Spence (2009) 78 NSWLR 225: [2009] NSWCA 369 Karaagac v GRE Insurance Limited [1989] NSWCA 116 Yang v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation [2020] NSWSC 1925 Yang v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 1647 Yang v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation [2023] NSWSC 84 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Yan Lim Yang (Plaintiff) New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr A Strik (Plaintiff) Mr A Bhasin (Defendant)