Corke v Shopping Centres Australasia Property Group Re Limited trading as Cabarita Beach Shopping Centre [2024] NSWSC 1019

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Corke v Shopping Centres Australasia Property Group Re Limited trading as Cabarita Beach Shopping Centre [2024] NSWSC 1019 Hearing dates: 14 August 2024 Date of orders: 14 August 2024 Decision date: 14 August 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Campbell J Decision: (1) Dismiss the second defendant's notice of motion filed 11 June 2024. (2) Second defendant is to pay the plaintiff's costs of this motion. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – medical examinations – r 23.4 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) – whether the request for a further medical examination is reasonable – real purpose of the request is to ascertain whether malingering – improper and impermissible purpose – motion dismissed Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56, 58 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 23.3, 23.4, 23.5 Cases Cited: Boral Transport v Gulic [2013] NSWCA 150 Chopra v State of NSW (South Western Sydney Local Health District) [2023] NSWCA 142 Graham v Peabody Energy Australia Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 1087 Hill v Sydney Night Patrol & Inquiry Co Pty Ltd t/as SNP Security [2021] NSWSC 1425 JKZ v Scots College [2018] NSWSC 1526 Plaintiff (name Withheld) v Stapleton [2017] NSWSC 914 Prescott v Bulldog Tools Limited [1981] 3 All ER 869 Rowlands v State of New South Wales (2009) 74 NSWLR 715; [2009] NSWCA 136 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Eden Corke (Plaintiff) Shopping Centres Australasia Property Group Re Limited Trading as Cabarita Beach Shopping Centre (First Defendant) CBRE Pty Ltd (Second Defendant) Knight Frank Australia (Third Defendant) Mainbrace Constructions Pty Ltd (Fourth Defendant) Stowe Australia Pty Ltd (Sixth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: R Lynch (Plaintiff) B Hebbe (Solicitor) (First Defendant) R Perla (Second Defendant) B Wynne (Solicitor) (Third Defendant) L Cassidy (Solicitor) (Sixth Defendant)