Hamze v Bradstreet [2007] NSWDC 54

New South Wales District Court

CITATION: Hamze v Bradstreet [2007] NSWDC 54

HEARING DATE(S): 27, 28 June, 20 July, 6-7 December 2006

JUDGMENT DATE: 5 April 2007

JURISDICTION: Civil

JUDGMENT OF: Rein SC DCJ

DECISION: See [134].

CATCHWORDS: Plaintiff injured in work accident - common law proceedings not commenced before 27 November 2001, at which time legislative changes significantly increased difficulty of recovery - issue of what legal advice was given and whether sufficient - causation - assessment of loss of chance

LEGISLATION CITED: Workers Compensation Act 1987, ss 66, 67, 151A, 151B, 151G and 151H Civil Liability Act 2002, s 5D

Allied Maples Group Ltd v Simmons & Simmons [1995] 4 All ER 907 Argyropoulos v Layton (2002) 36 MVR 432; [2002] NSWCA 183 Bechara v Jawhar [2007] NSWCA 25 Chamberlain v Ormsby t/as Ormsby Flower [2005] NSWCA 454 Cheney v Duncan (2001) 34 MVR 28; [2001] NSWCA 197 Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 64 Ellis v Wallsend District Hospital (1989) 17 NSWLR 553 Feletti v Kontoulas [2000] NSWCA 59 Humphreys v Mulco Tool & Engineering Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 355 CASES CITED: Johnson v Perez (1988) 166 CLR 351 Kitchen v Royal Air Forces Association [1958] 2 All ER 241; [1958] 1 WLR 563 KT v PLG [2006] NSWSC 919 Medlin v State Government Insurance Commission (1995) 182 CLR 1; [1995] HCA 5 Nikolaou v Papasavas Phillips & Co (No 2) (1989) 166 CLR 394 Phillips v Bisley (unreported, NSWCA, 18/03/1997, BC9700720) Roberts v Cashman [2000] NSWSC 770 Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 205 CLR 434; [2001] HCA 18 Walmsley v Cosentino [2001] NSWCA 403 Westcoast Clothing Co Pty Ltd v Freehill, Hollingdale & Page (a firm) (1999) Aust Torts Reports 81-518 Wilson v Rigg (2002) 36 MVR 451; [2002] NSWCA 246