NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Yu v Speirs [2001] NSWCA 373 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40097/01; 40080/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 03/10/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 October 2001
Dr Michael Wai-Cho Yu v Bradley Speirs & Ors PARTIES : Mark Julian Kessell (t/as Immediate Health Care) & Anor v Bradley Speirs & Anor JUDGMENT OF : Beazley JA at 1; Ipp AJA at 2; Rolfe AJA at 3
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 1312/00 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Graham DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
Appellant 1: G M Gregg COUNSEL : Appellant 2: A M Colefax Respondent: G Craddock Appellant 1: Ebsworth & Ebsworth SOLICITORS : Appellant 2: Phillips Fox Lawyers Respondent: Charlton Shearman CATCHWORDS : LIMITATION OF ACTIONS - application for extension of time - Limitation Act 1969, s 60C(2) - not "just and reasonable" to extend time if plaintiff does not show that he or she has a viable cause of action - level of evidence sufficient to show that - whether delay gave rise to substantial prejudice to defendants - whether trial judge erred in ordering unsuccessful defendants to pay own costs of application. - COSTS - costs of application to extend time under Limitation Act 1969 - whether trial judge erred in ordering unsuccessful defendants to pay own costs of application. Limitation Act 1969 LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Accidents Act 1988 Factories, Shops & Industries Act 1962 Salido v Nominal Defendant [1993] 32 NSWLR 524 Nowlan v Marson Transport Pty Limited (2001) NSWCA 346 Holt v Wynter (2000) 49 NSWLR 128 Martin v Abbot Australasia Pty Limited (1981) 2 NSWLR 431 Ford Excavations Pty Limited v Do Carmo (1981) 2 NSWLR 253 P D v The Australian Red Cross Society (NSW Division) & Anor (1993) ATR 81205 at p 62013 CASES CITED: Williams v Minister, Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 & Anor (1994) 35 NSWLR 497 Fitzgerald v Bankstown City Council (Court of Appeal - 6/11/95 - unreported) Barlow v Homebush Bay Development Corporation (Court of Appeal - 6/11/95 - unreported) Colorado v Hayden Engineering Pty Limited & Anor Dedousis v Water Board (1994) 181 CLR 171 Colorado v Haden Engineering 06/11/95 NSWCA CA 40110/94 George v Estate of Bailey & Ors (1998) ATR 81-455 at p 64644 DECISION : See Paragraph 73
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