Diaz & Anor. v. Truong [2002] NSWCA 265

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Diaz & Anor. v. Truong [2002] NSWCA 265 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40101/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 3 July 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 August 2002

Rodrigo Diaz - 1st claimant PARTIES : Asotoelau Pritchard - 2nd claimant Tu Trinh Truong by her tutor Loan Mai - opponent JUDGMENT OF : Giles JA at 1; Hodgson JA at 62; Foster AJA at 109

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT DC1154/01 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Coorey DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Mr. H. Shore for claimants Dr. A.S. Morrison SC with Mr. P.J. Nolan for opponent SOLICITORS : Dibbs Barker Gosling, Sydney for claimants Stacks, Sydney for opponent CATCHWORDS : LIMITATION OF ACTIONS - Motor vehicle accidents - Leave to commence proceedings out of time - Full and satisfactory explanation for the delay - Whether by claimant or persons acting on her behalf - Provision of particulars - Denial of liability - Whether proceedings can be commenced notwithstanding non-supply of particulars. LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Accidents Act 1988, ss.40, 48, 50A, 52. Astill v. Newman [1999] NSWCA 43 Brisbane South Regional Health Authority v. Taylor (1996) 186 CLR 541 Devlin v. Hibbard, Tupman DCJ, 18/2/98 Guest v. Southern (Studdert J, 22/9/95, unreported) Hall v. The Nominal Defendant (1966) 117 CLR 423 Mancini v. Thompson [2002] NSWCA 38 Morrison v. Judd (CA, 10/10/95, unreported) CASES CITED: Nicholas v. Webb (No.2) (1993) 19 MVR 65 Nominal Defendant v. Manning 50 NSWLR 139 Nowlan v. Marson Transport Pty. Ltd. [2001] NSWCA 346 Parsons v. Doukas [2001] NSWCA 128 Russo v. Aiello [2001] NSWCA 306 Salido v. The Nominal Defendant (1993) 32 NSWLR 52 Sophron v. The Nominal Defendant (1957) 96 CLR 469 South Western Sydney Area Health Service v. Gabriel [2001] NSWCA 477 DECISION : 1. Leave to appeal granted. 2. Appeal dismissed. 3. Claimants to pay opponent's costs of the application for leave and appeal, and to have a Suitors Fund certificate if otherwise entitled.