Love v. Muratore [2002] NSWCA 15

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Love v. Muratore [2002] NSWCA 15 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40743/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 4 February 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 4 February 2002

PARTIES : Beverley Ann Love - appellant Orazio Ronald Muratore - respondent JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1, 40, 42; Heydon JA at 41; Hodgson JA at 2

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 2556/99 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Woods DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Mr. R. Pincus for appellant Mr. D. Higgs SC with Mr. A. Ivantsoff for respondent SOLICITORS : S.M. Boyle & Co., Cronulla for appellant Tress Cocks & Maddox, Sydney for respondent CATCHWORDS : CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Limitation period - Claim in respect of personal injury - Application to extend period - Medical opinion supporting duty - No notice that this contested, no objection, no cross-examination - Refusal on basis that kind of injury unforeseeable - Appeal from that refusal upheld. ND LEGISLATION CITED : Limitation Act 1969, s.18A, s.60C Dow Corning Australia Pty. Ltd. v. Paton, Court of Appeal, 13 March 1998 per Mason P. CASES CITED: Nowlan v. Marson Transport Pty. Ltd. [2001] NSWCA 346 Russo v. Aiello [2001] NSWCA 306 DECISION : 1. The appeal is allowed; 2. The respondent to pay the appellant's cost of the appeal; 3. The costs of the extension application in the District court to be costs in the cause; 4. Pursuant to section 60C of the Limitation Act 1969, that the time for filing the statement of claim in these proceedings be extended to 9 April 1999.