NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Meredith v State of New South Wales (No.2) [2024] NSWSC 1281 Hearing dates: 12 September 2024 Date of orders: 12 September 2024 Decision date: 12 September 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Garling J Decision: (1) Extend the time for the service of the statement of Detective Inspector Woods to 15 July 2024. (2) Dismiss the balance of the Notice of Motion. (3) Order the defendant to pay the plaintiff's costs of the Notice of Motion. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Representative proceedings – Conduct of proceedings – Application by the defendant to extend time for service of statements – Where the defendant failed to comply with court orders regarding the service of evidence – Where the defendant provided inadequate explanation for the delay – Whether the dictates of justice warranted an extension of the time to serve the statements – Extension granted for statement by a key witness due to disadvantage and prejudice to the defendant if it was not permitted to rely on the statement – Motion otherwise dismissed. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Not Applicable Texts Cited: Not Applicable Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Raya Meredith (P) State of New South Wales (D) Representation: Counsel: K Nomchong SC / A H Edwards (P) M Hutchings / C Langford (D)
Solicitors: Slater & Gordon (P) Makinson d'Apice (D) File Number(s): 2022/214157 Publication restriction: Not Applicable
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