NSW Caselaw
New South Wales District Court
CITATION: Sutton v Firth [2007] NSWDC 43
HEARING DATE(S): 22/03/07-23/03/07
JUDGMENT DATE: 27 April 2007
JURISDICTION: Civil
JUDGMENT OF: Goldring DCJ
DECISION: Dismiss motion to strike out brought by the cross-defendants
CATCHWORDS: Practice and procedure - strike out pleadings - contribution and indemnity - workers compensation - election to accept lump sum - revocation - Civil Liability Act Part 4 - proportionate liability - claim arising out of personal injury - solicitor and client conflict of interest
Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 13.4, 14.28 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 (NSW) s5 LEGISLATION CITED: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) Part 4 Workers' Compensation Act 1987 Fair Trading Act 1987 Civil Procedure Act
General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Dickinson v The Motor Vehicle Insurance Trust (1987) 163 CLR 500 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Loiterton [2004] NSWSC 897 at [111] Dillingham Constructions Pty Ltd v Steel Mains Pty Limited (1975) 132 CLR 323 CASES CITED: Mahony v J Krusich (Demolitions) Pty Limited (1985) 156 CLR 522 Argyropoulos v Layton & Anor [2002] NSWCA 183 Wilson v Rigg [2002] NSWCA 246 New South Wales v Taylor (2001) 204 CLR 461 Saad v J Robins & Sons Pty Limited [2003] NSWCA 87
Renee Leslie Sutton (Plaintiff) PARTIES: Stephen Firth (Defendant/Cross Claimant/Respondent) Peter Kell & others (First Cross Defendants/Applicants) Deborah Ens (Second Cross Defendant/Applicant)
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