Heptonstall v Gaskin & 2 Ors [2003] NSWSC 693

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Heptonstall v Gaskin & 2 Ors [2003] NSWSC 693 revised - 8/08/2003 HEARING DATE(S) : 22 July 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 August 2003 JURISDICTION: Common Law JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison DECISION : (1) Paragraphs 35 to 37 of the ASC are struck out; (2) In relation to paragraph 2(a), (b) and (c) of the plaintiff's notice of motion filed 26 February 2003, the third defendant is to comply with Part 23(6)(b) of the SCR giving the number of documents and reference to period within 14 days; (3) The balance of the plaintiff's notice of motion filed 26 February 2003 is dismissed; (4) The plaintiff is to pay the third defendant's costs of both motions

CATCHWORDS : Strike out paragraphs ASC - whether duty of care owed, investigations of misconduct by teacher - discovery Evidence At - 22 118 & 199 LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules - Part 15 r 26 Teaching Services Act 1980 - s 83(f) Air Services Australia v Zarb (NSWCA unreported, 26 August 1998) Australian Competition and Consumer Commissiomn v Australian Safeway Stores Pty Ltd & Ors (1998) 81 FCR 526 Crimmins v Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee [1999] 1200 CLR 1 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 Elguzouli-Daf v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; McBrearty v Ministry of Defence [1995] QB 335; [1995] 1 All ER 833 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 CASES CITED : Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [1989] AC 53; [1988] 2 All ER 238 Mulley v Manifold (1959) 103 CLR 341 Quintano & Ors v The State of New South Wales [2002] NSWSC 766 Spellson v George [1991] 26 NSWLR 666 State of New South Wales v Paige [2002] NSWCA 235 Sullivan v Moody (2001) 183 ALR 404; (2001) 75 ALJR 1570 Webster & Anor v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 Wilson v State of New South Wales (2001) 53 NSWLR 407 Gregory Heptonstall (Plaintiff)