Allen v The State of New South Wales & Ors [2001] NSWSC 780

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Allen v The State of New South Wales & Ors [2001] NSWSC 780 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20303/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 27-28 August 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 September 2001

Anthony Richard Allen (Plaintiff) The State of New South Wales (First Defendant) Manly Council (Second Defendant) NRMA Insurance Limited (Third Defendant) PARTIES : Blessington Judd Freeman & Lazarus (Fourth Defendant) Miller Goddard (Fifth Defendant) The Commonwealth of Australia (Sixth Defendant) Stephen Freeman (Seventh Defendant) Gregory Russell Judd (Eighth Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Newman AJ at 1

Plaintiff in person C.A. Webster (First Defendant) COUNSEL : M.T. McCulloch (Second Defendant) J.G. Duncan (Third Defendant) G.W. Creighton (Solicitor) (Fifth Defendant) A.J. Melrose (Solicitor) (Sixth Defendant) In person Crown Solicitor (First Defendant) SOLICITORS : Phillips Fox (Second Defendant) Abbott Tout (Third Defendant) PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal (Fifth Defendant) Australian Government Solicitor (Sixth Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Practice - Pleading - Embarrassing and Prejudicial language - Failure to disclose cause of action - doctrine of judicial immunity. Supreme Court Rules LEGISLATION CITED : Building Services Corporation Act 1989 Crown Proceedings Act 1998 Limitation Act 1969 CASES CITED : Wentworth v Wentworth & Ors [2000] NSWCA 350 ASIC v Edensor Nominees Pty Ltd & Ors [2001] HCA 1 DECISION : para 38