YOVICHEVICH v RANZCR [2005] NSWSC 1208

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : YOVICHEVICH v RANZCR [2005] NSWSC 1208

HEARING DATE(S) : 19 April 2005

JUDGMENT DATE : 30 November 2005

JURISDICTION : Common Law

JUDGMENT OF : Adams J at 1

DECISION : Leave granted to the plaintiff to file and serve an amended statement of claim within twenty-eight days from the date of this judgment, failing which the proceedings are to stand dismissed. The plaintiff is to pay the defendant's costs of the motion.

CATCHWORDS : Negligence - statement of claim - whether discloses cause of action - pure economic loss - doctor examined for specialist qualifications - failed - whether RANZCR owed duty to conduct examinations properly - whether duty to conduct review of fail results - arguable case

Health Insurance Act 1973 (Cth). LEGISLATION CITED : Limitation Act 1969 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules, 2005 rule 15.2

Anns v Merton London Borough Council [1975] AC 728 Avenhouse v Hornsby Shire Council (1998) 44 NSWLR 1 Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Limited v The Dredge "Willemstad" (1976) 136 CLR 529 Day v Victorian Railway Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Hawkins v Clayton (1988) 164 CLR 539 Hedley Byrne & Co Pty Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd [1964] AC 46 CASES CITED : Kaparo Industries Plc v Dickman [1990] 2 AC 605 Murphy v Brentwood District Council [1991] 1 AC 398 Northam v Favelle Favco Holdings Pty Limited (unreported, NSW SC, Bryson J, 7 March 1995 Perre v Apand Pty Limited [1998] HCA 36; (1999) 198 CLR 180 Pyrenees Shire Council v Day (1969) 192 CLR 330 Romeo v Conservation Commission (1998) 192 CLR 431 Sutherland Shire Council v Heyman (1985) 157 CLR 424