M Wilson v J Rigg [2000] NSWSC 16

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : M Wilson v J Rigg [2000] NSWSC 16 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20364/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 22/12/1999, 23/12/1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 February 2000

PARTIES : Mark Wilson v Jack Rigg JUDGMENT OF : Sperling J

COUNSEL : (Plaintiff): M K Rollinson (Defendant): G A Sirtes SOLICITORS : (Plaintiff): Carters (Defendant): Mallesons Stephen Jaques CATCHWORDS : LIMITATIONS - whether proceedings against a solicitor, for failing to bring proceedings within time, statute barred - whether any cause of action against the solicitor accrued after the expiration of the earlier limitation period - whether that cause of action accrued when the statute was pleaded or when an application to extend that time was lost - whether a further cause of action accrued for failure to bring an application for extension of time promptly and carefully. LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Accidents Act 1988 Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) Doundoulakis v Antony Sdrinis & Co [1989] VR 781 Gorton v The Commonwealth of Australia (1992) 2 Qd R 603 Hawkins v Clayton (1988) 164 CLR 539 Hetherington v Mirvac Pty Limited [1999] NSWSC 443 Lee v Rogers (1663) 1 Lev. 110 CASES CITED : Ronex Properties v John Laing Construction Ltd [1983] QB 398,404 Sampson v Zucker (NSW Supreme Court, CA, 11 December 1996, unreported) The Commonwealth of Australia v Mewett [1996-1997] 191 CLR 471 Thursby v Warren (1629) Cro. Car. 159 Toomey v Western Aboriginal Legal Service [1999] NSWSC 560 Vulic v Bilinsky (1983) 2 NSWLR 472 DECISION : Verdict and judgment for defendant with costs, including costs of the hearing of the separate question.