NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Smith v The Commonwealth of Australia [2006] NSWSC 956 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S) : 12/10/05, 13/10/05,06/07/06,17/08/06
JUDGMENT DATE : 18 September 2006
JURISDICTION : Common Law
JUDGMENT OF : Adams J at 1
DECISION : Costs for the plaintiff
CATCHWORDS : Costs - extension of limitation period - whether opposition - whether indulgence - relevance of failed opposition in other cases
LEGISLATION CITED : Limitation Act 1969
Brittain v Commonwealth of Australia [No 2] [2006] NSWSC 528 Cavanagh v The Commonwealth [2006] NSWSC 382 Commonwealth of Australia v Neil Patrick Smith [2005] NSWCA 478 Commonwealth of Australia v Neil Patrick Smith [2006] HCA Trans 242 Gregory v The Commonwealth [2006] NSWSC 82 CASES CITED : Holt v Wynter (2000) 49 NSWLR 128 Lewis v The Commonwealth [2005] NSWSC 959 Shaw v The Commonwealth [2005] NSWSC 1027 Smith v The Commonwealth [2006] NSWSC 795 Wendt v The Commonwealth (2006) NSWSC 549 Yu v Speirs [2001] NSWCA 373
PARTIES : Plaintiff: David Ronald Smith Defendant: The Commonwealth of Australia
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20785/97
COUNSEL : Plaintiff: Mr P. G. Mahony SC with Mr J.L. Sharpe Defendant: Mr C.T. Barry QC with Mr D. Brogan
SOLICITORS : Plainitff:Robert Crow, Riordan Legal Defendant: Elena Ordiz, Australian Government Solicitor
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