Hoare v SRA of NSW [2002] NSWSC 565

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Hoare v SRA of NSW [2002] NSWSC 565 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20967/2001 HEARING DATE(S) : 20 June 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 June 2002

Peter Hoare (Plaintiff) PARTIES : State Rail Authority of New South Wales (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison

COUNSEL : Ms J Merkel (Defendant) Mr P Hoare (Plaintiff in person) SOLICITORS : Bartier Perry (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Summary judgment - extension of limitation period Supreme Court Rules - Part 13 r 5; Part 15 r 26 LEGISLATION CITED : Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) - s 14(1); s 52 Workers Compensation Act 1987 - s 151D(2) Motor Accident Act - 2 52(4) Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552; [2000] HCA 41 Air Services Australia v Zarb (NSWCA unreported, 26 August 1998) Dey v Victorian Railway Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 Webster & Anor v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 CASES CITED : Salido v Nominal Defendant (1993) 32 NSWLR 524 Brisbane South Regional Health Authority v Taylor (1996) 186 CLR 541; 139 ALR 1 Holt v Wynter [2000] NSWCA 143; (2000) NSWLR 128 Seib v Morton [2000] NSWCA 139, 26 June 2000 McLean v Sydney Water Corporation [2001] NSWCA 122 Parsons v Doukas [2001] NSWCA 128, (2001) 51 NSWLR 162 DECISION : (1) The plaintiff's notice of motion seeking to extend the limitation period is dismissed; (2) The plaintiff's statement of claim is dismissed; (3) The plaintiff is to pay the defendant's costs