Lopinto v The Central Sydney Area Health Service & Ors [2006] NSWSC 488

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Lopinto v The Central Sydney Area Health Service & Ors [2006] NSWSC 488

HEARING DATE(S) : 17 May 2006

JUDGMENT DATE : 8 June 2006

JUDGMENT OF : McDougall J at 1

DECISION : See para [146] of judgment

CATCHWORDS : LIMITATION OF ACTION - extension of time - whether plaintiff aware of connection between personal injury and defendants' act or omission - whether jurisdiction to extend time enlivened - whether prejudice to defendants because unable to have a reasonably fair trial - whether other discretionary considerations dictate refusal of leave

Civil Liability Act 2002 Civil Procedure Act 2005 LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 Limitation Act 1969

Bishopsgate Insurance Australia Ltd v Deloitte Haskins & Sells (1999) 3 VR 863 Brisbane South Regional Health Authority v Taylor (1996) 186 CLR 541 Clough & Rogers v Frog (1974) 48 ALJR 481 Cropper v Smith (1884) 26 Ch D 700 CRA Ltd v Martignano (1996) 39 NSWLR 13 Dedousis v The Water Board (1994) 181 CLR 171 Drayton Coal Pty Ltd v Drain (40418 of 1995, 22 August 1995, unreported; BC 9505244) CASES CITED : Fletcher v Besser [2004] NSWCA 132 Harris v Commercial Minerals Ltd (1996) 186 CLR 1 George v Lifese Steel Erections Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 1146 Holt v Wynter (2000) 49 NSWLR 128 McLean v Sydney Water Corporation [2001] NSWCA 122 Sola Optical Australia Pty Ltd v Mills (1987) 163 CLR 628 South Western Sydney Area Health Service v Gabriel [2001] NSWCA 477 Sydney City Council v Zegarac (1998) 43 NSWLR 195 The State of Queensland v J L Holdings Pty Ltd (1997) 189 CLR 146