Stewart v Campbelltown City Council [2002] NSWSC 121

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Stewart v Campbelltown City Council [2002] NSWSC 121 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20802/2001 HEARING DATE(S) : 27 February 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 6 March 2002

Rex Anthony Stewart (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Campbelltown City Council (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison

Mr L T Grey (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : Mr D McGovern (Defendant) Lamond Howard & Associates (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Phillips Fox (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Extension of time - ss 60C & E Limitation Act LEGISLATION CITED : Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) - ss 60C & E The Council of City of Sydney v Zegarac (1998) 43 NSWLR 195 Brisbane South Regional Health Authority v Taylor (1996) 186 CLR 541 Holt v Wynter [2000] 49 NSWLR 148 McLean v Sydney Water Corporation [2001] NSWCA 122 CASES CITED : Szerdahelyi v Bailey; Ortado v Bailey; Lewis v Bailey (NSWSC unreported, Badgery-Parker J, 1 May 1997) Dow Corning Australia Pty Ltd v Paton, Meares v Paton (NSWCA unreported, 24 April 1998) Fitzgerald v Bankstown City Council (NSWCA unreported, 6 November 1995) Romeo v Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory [1998] HCA5; (1998) 192 CLR 431 Secretary to the Department of Natural Resources & Energy v Harper (2000) 1 VR 133 DECISION : (1) The plaintiff is granted an extension of time within which to commence proceedings in this court for damages in respect of an accident which occurred on 30 March 1997 up to and including 24 October 2001; (2) The plaintiff is to pay the defendant's costs as agreed or assessed.