NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 53 NSWLR 116
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Nowlan v Marson Transport Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 346 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40961/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 12 September 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 September 2001
PARTIES : Justin James Nowlan (Appellant) Marson Transport Pty Ltd (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Heydon JA at 2; Young CJ in Eq at 39
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 175/99 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Delaney DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Mr P R Hennessy SC (Appellant) Mr P G Maiden (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Farrell Lusher (Appellant) William K Chambers (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Civil Practice and Procedure - Limitation period - Judicial discretion to allow claim out of time - Prejudice to defendant - Claim out of time under Motor Accidents Act - Appeal against decision denying leave to commence proceedings out of time - Whether defendant would suffer prejudice - Discussion and commentary on modern role for ambush and adversarial tactics in civil proceedings - Motor Accidents Act 1988 (NSW), s 52(4). - Civil Practice and Procedure - Discretion of Court of Appeal to admit new evidence - Appeal against decision denying leave to commence proceedings out of time - Evidence relating to causation of personal injury - Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 75A(7)-(9). - - D Family Law Act 1995 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Accidents Act 1988 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Akins v National Australia Bank (1994) 34 NSWLR 155 Boyes v Colins (2000) 23 WAR 123 CDJ v VAJ (1998) 197 CLR 172 Donaldson v Harris (1973) 4 SASR 299 Hartigan v International Society for Krishna Consciousness Inc [1999] NSWSC 139 Langdale v Danby [1982] 1 WLR 1123 CASES CITED: McCann v Parsons (1954) 93 CLR 418 Malone v NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service [2001] NSWCA 345 Martin v Abbot Australasia Pty Ltd [1981] 2 NSWLR 430 Nominal Defendant v Manning (2000) 50 NSWLR 139 White v Overland [2001] FCA 1333 Wickstead v Browne (1992) 30 NSWLR 1 Wollongong Corporation v Cowan (1955) 93 CLR 435 DECISION : See para 38
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