NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Gretton v Commonwealth of Australia [2007] NSWSC 149
HEARING DATE(S) : 14 December 2006, 1 February 2007
JUDGMENT DATE : 2 March 2007
JURISDICTION : Common Law Division
JUDGMENT OF : Studdert J
DECISION : (1) Order that the defendant pay the plaintiff's costs of this cause other than the costs which McDougall J ordered to be paid by the plaintiff, which costs remain to be paid by the plaintiff. (2) The defendant's application for a stay in respect of the payment of damages and interest is dismissed. (3) Order that the defendant pay the plaintiff's costs of the two applications the subject of this judgment.
LEGISLATION CITED : Uniform Civil Procedure Rules Limitation Act
Colgate Palmolive Pty Limited v Cussons Pty Limited (1993) 46 FCR 225 John S. Hayes & Associates Pty Limited v Kimberly-Clark Australia Pty Limited (1994) 52 FCR 201 Jones v Bradley (No 2) [2003] NSWCA 258 CASES CITED : Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 MGICA (1992) Pty Limited v Kenny & Good Pty Limited & Anor (1996) 70 FCR 236 Multicon Engineering Pty Limited v Federal Airports Corporation (1996) 138 ALR 425 SMEC Testing Services Pty Limited v Campbelltown City Council [2000] NSWCA 323
PARTIES : Cecil Eric Gretton (Plaintiff) The Commonwealth of Australia
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20821/01
COUNSEL : J. Sharpe (Plaintiff) P. Jones/I. McLachlan (Defendant)
SOLICITORS : Hollows Lawyers (Plaintiff) Australian Government Solicitor (Defendant)
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION
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