NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : MacDonald v Martin [2002] NSWCA 178 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40097/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 13 June 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 13 June 2002
PARTIES : Ian Harley Donald MacDonald and Hugh Phillips (Claimants) Violet Helen Martin (as executrix of the Estate of the late Lawrence John Martin) and Patrick Paul King (Opponents) JUDGMENT OF : Heydon JA at 1; Hodgson JA at 40; Campbell J at 43
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT DC 99/01 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT English DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Mr A M Colefax (Claimants) Mr K W Andrews (Opponents) SOLICITORS : Colin Biggers & Paisley (Claimants) Brazel Moore & Daly (Opponents) CATCHWORDS : Tort - negligence - Motor Accidents Act 1988 (NSW) - plaintiff deceased - action brought by estate - Procedure - limitation period - Motor Accidents Act 1988 (NSW) - survival or extinction of claim under Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) s 14(1)(a)-(b) - whether "loss of entitlement to claim" - sufficiency of evidence to determine question - factual characterisation - Practice - Supreme Court Rules Part 51 r 4B(1)(g) - concurrent hearing of application for leave to appeal and appeal - preparation of White Book - requirement that White - ND Limitation Act 1969 LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Accidents Act 1988 Trade Practices Act 1974 Scarcella v Lettice (2000) 51 NSWLR 302 CASES CITED: State of Western Australia v Bond Corporation Holdings Ltd (191) 28 FCR 68 Wardley Australia Ltd v Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 DECISION : The Summons is dismissed; the claimants are to pay the opponents' costs
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