Wright v Central Coast Area Health Service & 2 Ors [2002] NSWSC 800

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Wright v Central Coast Area Health Service & 2 Ors [2002] NSWSC 800 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 12905/2001 HEARING DATE(S) : 26 June 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 6 September 2002

Diena Wright (Plaintiff)

Central Coast Area Health Service (First Defendant) PARTIES : The State of Queensland (Second Defendant)

Hunter Area Health Service (Third Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison

Mr McAuley (Plaintiff and mentioned for first Defendant)

COUNSEL : Mr A R Ashburner (Second Defendant)

Mr L Ellison (Third Defendant) Paul A Curtis & Co (Plaintiff)

SOLICITORS : Ferguson Holz (Second Defendant)

Hunt & Hunt (Third Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Extension of time - s 151D(2) WCA - s 31 Limitation of Actions Act (Qld) - Queensland employment - Employment with third defendant LEGISLATION CITED : Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld) - ss 11, 31 Workers Compensation Act 1987 (as amended) - s 151D(2) John Pfeiffer Pty Ltd v Rogerson (2000) 172 ALR 625; (2000) 74 ALJR 1109; (2000)_ 203 CLR 503 Dandashli v Dandashli (NSWCA 16 December 1996, unreported) Atikullah v Sefton (2001) 53 NSWLR 574 In Re Saunders [1996] 3 WLR 473 Grove v Bestobell Industries Pty Limited [1980] Qd R 12 CASES CITED : Brisbane South Regional Health Authority v Taylor (1996) 186 CLR 541; 139 ALR 1 Salido v Nominal Defendant (1993) 32 NSWLR 524 Holt v Wynter (2000) 49 NSWLR 128; [2000] NSWCA 143 Seib v orton [2000] NSWCA 139 McLean v Sydney Water Corporation [2001] NSWCA 122 Itex Graphix Pty Limited v Elliott [2002] NSWCA 104 DECISION : (1) The plaintiff's application that the limitation period be extended against the second defendant is refused; (2) The plaintiff's application that leave be granted to commence proceedings against the third defendant is refused; (3) Paragraph (1) insorfar as it relates to the third defendant and paragraph (2) of the amended summons are dismissed; (4) The plaintiff is to pay the second and third defendants' costs.