Winter & 2 Ors v Locker & Anor [2002] NSWSC 1045

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Winter & 2 Ors v Locker & Anor [2002] NSWSC 1045 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20323/2001 HEARING DATE(S) : 5 November 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 8 November 2002

Heath Winter bht Earl Winter (First Plaintiff)

Katherine Clinen (Second Plaintiff)

PARTIES : Earl Winter (Third Plaintiff)

Brett Locker (First Defendant)

Mayne Nickless Limited t/as Port Macquarie Base Hospital (Second Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison

Mr K Andrews (Plaintiffs) COUNSEL : Mr M Dempsey (Second Defendant) Ms Karen Stott McLaughlin & Riordan (Plaintiuffs) SOLICITORS : Mr M Doepel Minter Ellison (Second Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Amend name of defendant - effective date - medical negligence LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Ruies - Part 20 r 2 Health Care Liability Act 2002 Dandashli v Dandashli (NSWCA unreported, 16 December 1996) CASES CITED : In Re Saunders (1996) 3 WLR 473 McGee v Yeomans [1977] 1 NSWLR 276 Proctor v Jetway Aviation Pty Limited [1984] 1 NSWLR 166 DECISION : (1) The amendment to the name of the second defendant is to take effect from the date of filing the statement of claim, namely 12 April 2001; (2) Each party to pay their own costs of the motion.; (3) The notice of motion filed 22 August 2002, seeking documents and answers to interrogatories, be referred to the next listing in the Professional Negligence list for directions.