Griffiths v Ballard & 2 Ors [2004] NSWSC 763

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Griffiths v Ballard & 2 Ors [2004] NSWSC 763 HEARING DATE(S) : 28 July 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 August 2004 JURISDICTION: Common Law JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison DECISION : (1) The plaintiff's FASC as against the first and second defendants is dismissed; (2) The plaintiff is to pay the first and second defendants' costs as agreed or assessed.

CATCHWORDS : Dismiss proceedings - whether witness immunity covers expert Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1996 (NSW) Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW) - Part 13 r 5; Part 15 r 26 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) - s 52 Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552; [2000] HCA 41 Air Services Australia v Zarb (unreported, NSWCA, 26 August 1998) Cabassi v Vila (1940) 64 CLR 130 Darker v Chief Constable of West Midlands [2001] 1 AC 435 Dey v Victoria Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 Evans v London Hospital Medical College [1981] 1 WLR 184 CASES CITED : General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Gibson v Parkes District Hospital (1991) 26 NSWLR 9 Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia v Hunt (1982) 44 ALR 365 Jovanovic & Anor v Woods & Ors [2001] TASSC 96 (15 August 2001) Mann v O'Neill (1997) 71 ALJR 903; (1997) 191 CLR 204 Sovereign Motor Inns Pty Limited v Howarth Asia Pacific Pty Limited [2003] NSWSC 1120 Webster & Anor v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 John Henry Griffiths (Plaintiff)