Morgan v State of Queensland & Ors [2004] NSWSC 565

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Morgan v State of Queensland & Ors [2004] NSWSC 565 HEARING DATE(S) : 24 May 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 June 2004 JURISDICTION: Common Law JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison DECISION : (1) The plantiff's statement of claim as pleaded against the second defendant is dismissed.; (2) The plaintiff is to pay the second defendant's costs.

CATCHWORDS : Strike out proceedings as against second defendant - ss 44 & 45 Safety Rehabilitation & Compensatiuon Act 1958 (Cth) Defence Act 1903 (Cth) - s 62 Law Reform Act 1995 (Qld) LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 (NSW) - s 5 Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW) Part 13 r 5; Part 15 r 26 Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Cth) - ss 44 & 45 Air Services Australia v Zarb (unreported, NSWCA 26 August 1998) Auckland Workingmen's Club and Mechanics Institute v Rennie [1976] 1 NZLR 278 Austral Pacific Group Ltd (in liq) v Airservices Australia (2000) 203 CLR 136; 173 ALR 619 Brooke v Bool [1928] 2 KB 578 Canterbury Bankstown Rugby League Football Club Ltd v Rogers (1993) Aust Torts Report (1993) 81-246 Carpenters' Investment Trading Co Ltd v Commonwealth of Australia (1952) 69 WN (NSW) 175 Commonwealth of Australia v Flaviano (12996) 40 NSWLR 199 Commonwealth of Australia v Grogan [1997] QCA 286 Dalton v Angus (1881) App Cas 740 Deatons Pty Limited v Flew (1949) 79 CLR 370 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 Dougherty v Chandler (1946) 46 SR (NSW) 370; 63 WN (NSW) 183 CASES CITED : General Engineering Services v Kinston Corporation [1989] 1 WLR 69 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Gibson v Parkes District Hospital (1991) 26 NSWLR 9 Howard v State of Queensland [2000] QCA 223 Hospitals Constribution Fund of Australia v Hunt (1982) 44 ALR 365 James Hardie & Coy Pty Ltd v Seltsam Pty Ltd (1998) 196 CLR 53 J F & B E Palmer Pty Ltd v Blowers and Lowe Pty Ltd (1987) 75 ALR 509 Jones v Manchester Corporation [1952] 2 QB 852; [1952] 2 All ER 125 Lackersten v Jones (1988) 92 FLR 6 NSW v Lepore & Anor (2003) 212 CLR 511; 195 ALR 412 Rouse v Squires [1973] QB 889 The Koursk [1924] All ER Rep 168 Thompson v Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd (1996) 186 CLR 574; 141 ALR 1; 71 ALJR 131; (1997) Aust Torts Reports 81-412 Webster & Anor v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 Cherdina Evangeline Morgan (Plaintiff)