Kenneth Gordon Webber v State of New South Wales & Ors [2003] NSWSC 1263

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Kenneth Gordon Webber v State of New South Wales & Ors [2003] NSWSC 1263 revised - 03/12/2004 HEARING DATE(S) : 27 November 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 6 February 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Dunford J DECISION : So much of Statement of Claim as relates to breaches of fiduciary duty struck out.

CATCHWORDS : Equity - fiduciaries - nature of duties - guardian and ward - failure to provide adequate protection, supervision, education and medical care for ward - breaches of common law duty of care - whether constitutes breach of fiduciary duties Child Welfare Act 1939 ss 4, 9, 10, 49, 50 LEGISLATION CITED : Limitation Act 1969 ss 14(1)(b), 51(1), 58, 60G SCR Pt 15 r 26 Supreme Court Act 1970 s 68 Breen v Williams (1996) 186 CLR 71 Breen v Williams (1994) 35 NSWLR 522 Clay v Clay [2001] HCA 9, 202 CLR 410 Cubillo & Anor v The Commonwealth [2001] FCA 1213, 112 FCR 455 Cubillo & Anor v The Commonwealth [2000] FCA 1084, 103 FCR 1 Cubillo & Anor v The Commonwealth [1999] FCA 518, 89 FCR 528 Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 Hospital Products Ltd v United States Surgical Corporation (1984) 156 CLR 41 CASES CITED : Johnson v Department of Community Services [1999] NSWSC 1156, (2000) A Torts R 81-540 McInerney v MacDonald [1992] 2 SCR 138, 93 DLR (4th) 415 Norberg v Wynrib [1992] 2 SCR 226 Paramasivam v Flynn (1998) 90 FCR 489, 160 ALR 203 Pilmer v Duke Group Ltd (in Liq) [2001] HCA 31, 207 CLR 165 SD v The Director General of Community Welfare Services (Victoria) and Ors [2001] NSWSC 441, 27 Fam LR 695 Williams v The Minister [2000] NSWCA 255 Williams v The Minister [1999] NSWSC 483, 25 Fam LR 86 Woodhead v Elbourne [2000] QSC 42 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40 PARTIES : Kenneth Gordon Webber v State of New South Wales & Ors FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20236/99 COUNSEL : M J Cranitch SC/G M Preston - Plaintiff P Menzies QC/T H Barrett - Defendant SOLICITORS : Fallon Safetly Lawyers - Plaintiff I V Knight - Crown Solicitor - Defendant