NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : WALMSLEY v COSENTINO [2001] NSWCA 403 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40715/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 16 August 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 21 November 2001
PARTIES : Adrian Richard Walmsley (Appellant) Antonio Cosentino (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Priestley JA at 1; Powell JA at 2; Beazley JA at 61
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT DC 7955/94 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Garling DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : D L Davies SC (Appellant) M J Joseph SC & M J Ward (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Appellant) Ward Maxwell & Co (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE - Contract - Tort - Limitation period - Solicitor - Instructed to act to recover damages arising out of motor vehicle accident - Failure to advise of limitation period - Failure to commence proceedings within limitation period - Defence pleading limitation period filed when proceedings commenced - Client not advised until amost 5 1/2 years after limitation period expired - Client then advised to seek advice from another solicitor but not advised of limitation period for proceedings against solicitor - Proceedings against solicitor not commenced until amost 3 years later - Defence pleading limitation period filed - Whether proceedings statute-barred D Astley v. Austrust Liimited (1998-1999) 197 CLR 1 Avenhouse v. Hornsby Shire Council (1998) 44 NSWLR 1 Baltic Shipping Co. v. Dillon (1993) 176 CLR 344 Cheny & Wilson v. Duncan [2001] NSWCA 197 Curnick v. Nitschke [2001] NSWCA 176 Doundoulakis v. Antony Sdrinis & Co [1989] VR 781 Farley v. Skinner [2001] 3 WLR 899 CASES CITED: Hawkins v. Clayton (1987-1988) 164 CLR 539 Heywood v. Wellers [1976] QB 446 Hill v. Van Erp (1996-1997) 188 CLR 159 Registrar-General v. Cleaver (1996) 41 NSWLR 713 Sampson v. Zucker Court of Appeal 11 December 1996 unreported Scarcella v. Lettice [2000] NSWCA 289 Seymour v. Seymour (1996) 40 NSWLR 358 Waimond Pty. Ltd. v. Byrne (1989) 18 NSWLR 642 DECISION : Appeal dismissed
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