Clutha v Millar [2002] NSWSC 362

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Clutha v Millar [2002] NSWSC 362 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 4834/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 8 & 15 April 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 6 May 2002

Clutha Ltd (in liq) (P) Frederick William Millar (D1) John McClelland Armstrong (D2) Denis John Frew (D3) John Knox Doherty (D4) PARTIES : Charles Ronald Longworth (D5) Donald George Thomas (D6) Ernest Neil Scott (D7) Hiroshi Yoshikawa (D8) Hirosuke Yamamoto (D9) Nichimen Corporation (D10) Nichimen Australia Ltd (D11) JUDGMENT OF : Austin J

Mr J C Kelly SC with G Seib (P) COUNSEL : Mr G Lucarelli (D1 to D7) Mr J Marshall (D10 & D11) Piper Alderman (P) SOLICITORS : Minter Ellison (D1 to D7) Clayton Utz (D10 & D11) CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - pleading - limitation of action - whether pleading in negligence and breach of duty asserts multiple breaches, some within and some outside limitation period, or a single breach outside the limitation period LEGISLATION CITED : Limitations Act 1969 (NSW) ss 14, 63 Air Services Australia v Zarb (Court of Appeal of New South Wales, 26 August 1998, unreported) Cassis v Kalfus [2001] NSWCA 460 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 CASES CITED : Hawkins v Clayton (1987) 164 CLR 539 Hillebrand v Council of the City of Penrith [2000] NSWSC 1058 Lewis v Nortex Pty Ltd (in liq) [2002] NSWSC 124 Scarcella v Lettice [2000] NSWCA 289 Wardley Australia Ltd v State of Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 DECISION : Proceeding to be dismissed as against first to seventh defendants, subject to determination of application to amend