Mills v Lee & ors [2006] NSWSC 1031

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Mills v Lee & ors [2006] NSWSC 1031

HEARING DATE(S) : 07/11/2005 - 08/11/2005, 10/11/2005 - 11/11/2005, 14/11/2005 - 18/11/2005, 21/11/2005 - 22/11/2005, 30/11/2005 - 02/12/2005, 05/12/2005 - 06/12/2005, 08/12/2005 - 09/12/2005, 12/12/2005, 14/12/2005 - 15/12/2005

JUDGMENT DATE : 6 October 2006

JUDGMENT OF : Hislop J

DECISION : (1) Verdict and judgment for the first, second and third defendants; (2) The plaintiff to pay the costs of the first, second and third defendants.

CATCHWORDS : Tort law - Medical negligence - Birth injury - No breach of duty - Causative link not established.

CASES CITED : Neindorf v Junkovic (2005) 80 ALJR 341 Rogers v Whittaker (1992) 175 CLR 479 at 483

Plaintiff - Joshua Adam Mills by his tutor Leslie Mills PARTIES : First Defendant - Effie Marjorie Lee and Philip George Lee, executors of the estate of the late Eric Bruce Lee Second Defendant - Dr PT Frost Third Defendant - Hospital Corporation Australia Pty Limited t/as The Hills Private Hospital

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20176/02

COUNSEL : Plaintiff - Mr R McIlwaine SC with Mr M Eagle First, Second and Third Defendants - Mr A Sullivan with Mr J Downing

SOLICITORS : Plaintiff - Velleley & Associates Litigation Lawyers First, Second and Third Defendants - United Medical Protection

- 1 - IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION

HISLOP J

6 October 2006

20176/02 Joshua Adam Mills by his tutor Leslie Mills v Effie Marjorie Lee and Philip George Lee Executors of the estate of the late Eric Bruce Lee, Dr PT Frost and Hospital Corporation Australia Pty Limited t/as The Hills Private Hospital