Gilbert (now Chalk) v Illawarra Area Health Service & 2 Ors [2000] NSWSC 508

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Gilbert (now Chalk) v Illawarra Area Health Service & 2 Ors [2000] NSWSC 508 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 11001/97 HEARING DATE(S) : 1 June 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 9 June 2000

Sonia Leigh Gilbert (now Chalk) (Plaintiff)

Illawarra Area Health Service (First Defendant) PARTIES : Brian Hoolahan (Second Defendant)

Ian Hoult (Third Defendant)

JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison

Ms L Byrne (Plaintiff)

COUNSEL : Mr P Higgs (Sol) (First Defendant)

Mr G Curtin (Second & Third Defendants) Paul J Donnelly & Associates (Plaintiff)

Lyn Boyd SOLICITORS : (First Defendant)

Ms Marianne Nicolle Ebsworth & Ebsworth (Second & Third Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Extension of the limitation period - Transfer to District Court - Dismiss proceedings - Stillborn - oedema - HCCC - CTG Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : - ss 60G & 60I SCR - Part 33 r 8; Part 32A r 2 Brisbane South Regional Health Authority v Taylor (1996) 186 CLR 541; 129 ALR 1 BHP Steel (AIS) Pty Limited v Giudice (& Ors) (NSWCA unreported, 7 March 1997) Council of the City of Sydney v Zegarac (1997-98) 43 NSWLR 195 Harris v Commercial Minerals Limited (1995-96) 186 CLR 1 Commonwealth of Australia v Dinnison (1995) 56 FCR 389 CASES CITED : Drayton Coal Board Pty Limited v Drain (NSWCA, Gleeson CJ, unreported 22 August 1995) CRS Ltd v Martignango (1995-96) 39 NSWLR 13 Commonwealth of Australia v McLran (1997) 14 NSWLR 389 Szerdahelyi v Bailey; Ortado v Bailey; Lewis v Bailey (NSWSC unreported, Badger-Parker J, 1 May 1997) Dow Corning Australia Pty Ltd av Paton, Meares v Paton (unreported NSWCA, 24 April 1998) Fitzgerald v Bankstown City Council (NSWCA unreported, 6 November 1995) DECISION : See para 32