Sunraysia v State of NSW [2002] NSWSC 275

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Sunraysia v State of NSW [2002] NSWSC 275 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 13482/2001 HEARING DATE(S) : 27 March 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 9 April 2002

Sunraysia Natural Beverage Company Pty Limited (Plaintiff) PARTIES : State of New South Wales (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison

Mr D J Hammerschlag SC with Ms J Jagot COUNSEL : (Plaintiff)

Mr M W Anderson (Defendant) Dibbs Barker Gosling (Plaintiff)

SOLICITORS : Mr M Twohill Crown Solicitor (Defendant)

CATCHWORDS : Strike out statement of claim - Misfeaseance in public office LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules - Part 13 r 2 & Part 15 r 26 Food Act (NSW) 1989 Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552; [2000] HCA 41 Air Services Australia v Zarb (NSWCA unreported, 26 August 1998) Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Webster & Anor v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 CASES CITED : Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia v Hunt (1982) 44 ALR 365 Gibson v Parkes District Hospital (1991) 26 NSWLR 9 Sanders v Snell [1998] 72 ALJR 1508 Elliot v Chief Constable of Wiltshire & Ors, Sir Richard Scott, The Times Law Reports 5.12.1996 Northern Territory v Mengel (1995) 185 CLR 307 Wickstead v Brown (1992) 30 NSWLR 1 DECISION : (1) The defendant's notice of motion filed 2 November 2001 is dismissed; (2) As the plaintiff amended its statement of claim the plaintiff should pay the costs thrown away by the amendment including those of 7 December 2001, otherwise the defendant is to pay the plaintiff's costs of the motion.