Chown v Upjohn & Anor [2000] NSWSC 1218

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Chown v Upjohn & Anor [2000] NSWSC 1218 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 12620/93 HEARING DATE(S) : 3/10/00, 4/10/00, 5/10/00, 9/10/00, 10/10/00, 11/10/00, 12/10/00, 13/10/00, 16/10/00, 17/10/00, 18/10/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 20 December 2000

Mary Chown (Plaintiff) PARTIES : The Upjohn Company (First Defendant) Upjohn Pty Limited (Second Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Studdert J

COUNSEL : K.M. Connor/V. Culkoff (Plaintiff) M.A. McCulloch (1st and 2nd Defendants) SOLICITORS : Maurice Blackburn Cashman (Plaintiff) Minter Ellison (1st and 2nd Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Limitation of actions - application for extension of time to bring proceedings - delay - consideration of prejudice - whether it would be "just and reasonable" to order extension of time - Limitation Act, ss 60G, 60I and Schedule 5 clause 4(4). LEGISLATION CITED : Limitation Act Supreme Court Rules BHP Steel (AIS) Pty Limited v Lakovski [2000] NSWCA 334 Cartledge & Ors v E. Jopling & Sons Limited [1963] AC 758 Dedousis v Water Board (1994) 181 CLR 171 Hawkins v Clayton (1988) 164 CLR 539 Holt v Wynter [2000] NSWCA 143 CASES CITED : Jones v Royal Hospital for Women (unreported, NSWCA, 24 July 1998) Kinsett v McCourt (1999) 46 NSWLR 32 Martin v Abbott Australasia Pty Limited (1981) 2 NSWLR 430 Rust v Barnes (1980) 2 NSWLR 726 Salido v The Nominal Defendant (1993) 32 NSWLR 524 Sorrenti v Crown Corning Limited (1986) 7 NSWLR 77 Williams v The Commissioner for Aboriginal Land Rights Act (1994) 35 NSWLR 497 DECISION : Notice of motion dismissed, costs reserved.