NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Baragwanath v Commonwealth of Australia [2005] NSWSC 575
HEARING DATE(S) : 14/06/2005, 15/06/2005
JUDGMENT DATE : 21 June 2005
JUDGMENT OF : Hoeben J at 1
DECISION : Limitation period extended.
CATCHWORDS : LIMITATION OF ACTIONS - extension of time - whether plaintiff unaware of nature and extent of personal injury - whether plaintiff unaware of connection between personal injury and act or omission of defendant - whether just and reasonable to grant an extension of time - whether fair trial possible.
LEGISLATION CITED : Limitation Act 1969 (NSW)
ASB-Tech Services Pty Limited v Doeland & Anor [2003] NSWCA 167 Brisbane South Regional Health Authority v Taylor (1996) 186 CLR 541 Commonwealth v Dinnison (1995) 56 FCR 389 Commonwealth of Australia v McLean (1997) 41 NSWLR 389 Commonwealth of Australia v Nelson [2001] NSWCA 443 Dedousis v Water Board (1994) 181 CLR 171 CASES CITED : Drayton Coal Pty Limited v Drain (Court of Appeal, unreported, 22 August 1995) Harris v Commercial Minerals Limited (1996) 186 CLR 1 at 12 Holt v Wynter (2000) 49 NSWLR 128 Parsons v Doukas (2001) 52 NSWLR 163 South Western Sydney Area Health Service v Gabriel [2001] NSWCA 477 State of NSW v Moss (2000) 54 NSWLR 536
Clifford Neil Baragwanath - Plaintiff PARTIES : Commonwealth of Australia - Defendant
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20686/01
G Melick SC/K Sant - Plaintiff COUNSEL : G Laughton SC/I McLachlan - Defendant
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