Sami Alfred Cassis and Gisele Cassis v Marcel Isador Kalfus [2001] NSWSC 318

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Sami Alfred Cassis and Gisele Cassis v Marcel Isador Kalfus [2001] NSWSC 318 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20589/96 21-24/2/2000 29/2/2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 1/3/2000 18/12/2000 2/3/2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 27 April 2001

Sami Alfred Cassis PARTIES : Gisele Cassis Marcel Isador Kalfus JUDGMENT OF : Dowd J at 1

COUNSEL : Mr P Roberts SC- Plaintiffs Mr GC Lindsay SC- Defendant SOLICITORS : LMG Solicitors & Attorneys- Plaintiffs Mallesons Stephen Jaques- Defendant CATCHWORDS : Limitation period - Damages - Equitable remedies Limitation Act 1969 LEGISLATION CITED : Lord Cairns' Act (UK) Supreme Court Act 1970 A.S.A Constructions v Iwanov (1935) 1 NSWLR 512. Cia de Seguris Imperio v Heath (REBX) Ltd [2001] 1 WLR 112. Clough and Rogers v Frog 4 ALR 615. Cropper v Smith (1884) 26 Ch D 700. In Re Dawson (1966) 2 NSWLR 211. CASES CITED : Knox v Gye (1872) LR 5 HL 656. Maguire v Makronis (1996-1997) 188 CLR 449. Scarcella v Lettice (2000) NSWCA 289. Sheldon v McBeth (1993) Aust Torts Reports 81-209. State of Queensland v JL Holdings Pty Limited (1996-1997) 189 CLR 146. Wardley Australia Limited v WA (1992) 175 CLR 514. DECISION : 1. Defendant to have leave to file Defence to Fourth Amended Statement of Claim; 2. That the first plaintiff have leave to particularise such claims and the damages following therefrom in the Fourth Amended Statement of Claim as are not barred by the Statute of Limitations 1969; 3. Costs reserved.