NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Williams v Commonwealth of Australia [2007] NSWSC 679
HEARING DATE(S) : 12, 13 October 2006
JUDGMENT DATE : 29 June 2007
JURISDICTION : Common Law
JUDGMENT OF : Adams J at 1
DECISION : Order that the limitation period for the plaintiff's cause of action be extended to 27 November 2001 ; the question of costs will be determined following further submissions of the parties.
CATCHWORDS : Limitation defence - extension of time - whether plaintiff ought to have discovered his PTSD - nature of gateway test - whether actual prejudice - whether existence of presumptive prejudice prevented a fair trial
LEGISLATION CITED : Limitation Act 1969
Brisbane South Regional Health Authority v Taylor (1996) 186 CLR 541 Commonwealth of Australia v Shaw [2006] NSWCA 209 (1 August 2006) Commonwealth of Australia v Smith [2005] NSWCA 478 (23 December 2005) CASES CITED : Gretton v The Commonwealth [2005] NSWSC 437 Holt v Wynter [2000] 49 NSWLR 128 at [119 Irving v Commonwealth of Australia [2006] NSWSC 958 (21 September 2006) Maclean v Sydney Water Corporation [2001] NSWCA 122 Pearce v Commonwealth of Australia [2006] NSWCA 210 (1 August 2006)
PARTIES : Noel Stanley WILLIAMS (Plaintiff) COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20971/01
COUNSEL : P O'Connor (Plaintiff/Applicant) M Dicker (Defendant/Respondent)
SOLICITORS : Hollows Lawyers (Plaintiff/Applicant) Australian Government Solicitor (Defendant/Respondent)
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION
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