Green v Australian Rugby Football League Ltd & Ors [2003] NSWSC 749

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Green v Australian Rugby Football League Ltd & Ors [2003] NSWSC 749 HEARING DATE(S) : 25 June 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 14 August 2003 JURISDICTION: Common Law JUDGMENT OF : DECISION : (1) Leave to join the propsed seventh defendant NSWRL as a defendant is refused; (2) Leave to extend the limitation period against the proposed seventh defendant in relation to a cause of action and injury suffered by the plaintiff on 7 May 1994 is refused; (3) The notice of motion filed 19 March 2002 is dismissed; (4) The plaintiff is to pay the proposed seventh defendant's costs as agreed or assessed.

CATCHWORDS : Extension of time to commence proceedings - ss 60C & E - quadriplegic collapsed rugby league scrum - hooker Civil Liability Act 2002 LEGISLATION CITED : Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) - s 60C & E Supreme Court Rules - Part 8 Agar v Hyde [2000] HCA 41 Briggs v James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd (1989) 16 NSWLR 549 BHP v Waugh (1988) 14 NSWLR 360 Brisbane South Regional Health Authority v Taylor (1996) 186 CLR 541; 139 ALR 1 Dow Corning Australia Pty Ltd v Paton, Meares v Paton (1998) Aust Tort Reports 81-485 Fitzgerald v Bankstown City Council (NSWCA unreported, 6 November 1995) Guest v Southern & Anor (NSWSC, unreported 22 September 1995) CASES CITED : Haylen v New South Wales Rugby Union Ltd [2002] NSWSC 114 Holt v Wynter [2000] 49 NSWLR 128 McAndrew v Wyoming Nursing Home (Sperling J, unreported, 5 December 1997) McLean v Sydney Water Corporation [2001] NSWCA 122 Manfield v Heather [2000] NSWCA 36 Sophron v The Nominal Defendant (1957) 96 CLR 469 Stollznow v Calvert (1980) 2 NSWLR ATR 81-164 Szerdahelyi v Bailey; Ortado v Bailey; Lewis v Bailey (NSWSC, unreported, Badgery-Parker J, 1 May 1997) The Council of City of Sydney v Zegarac (1998) 43 NSWLR 195 Shane Anthony Green (Plaintiff)