NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Quirke v Commonwealth of Australia [2008] NSWSC 328
HEARING DATE(S) : 6 and 7 February 2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 14 April 2008
JUDGMENT OF : Harrison J
DECISION : 1. Order that the limitation period to commence the proceedings be extended up to and including 25 February 1999. 2. Order that the costs of the application be costs in the cause.
CATCHWORDS : LIMITATION OF ACTIONS – extension of time - collision between HMAS Voyager and HMAS Melbourne - normative limb of s 60I(1)(b) Limitation Act 1969 - construction of application of ss 60G and 60I - no significant prejudice to the defendant by reason of delay - application for extension of time granted.
LEGISLATION CITED : Limitation Act 1969
CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings
Baragwanath v Commonwealth of Australia [2005] NSWSC 575 Blyth v Commonwealth of Australia [2005] NSWSC 721 Commonwealth of Australia v McLean (1997) 41 NSWLR 389 Commonwealth of Australia v Shaw [2006] NSWCA 209; (2006) 66 NSWLR 325 Commonwealth of Australia v Smith [2005] NSWCA 478 CASES CITED : Commonwealth of Australia v Smith [2007] NSWCA 168 Dedousis v Water Board [1994] HCA 57; (1994) 181 CLR 171 Galea v Commonwealth of Australia [2008] NSWSC 44 Holt v Wynter [2000] NSWCA 143; (2000) 49 NSWLR 128 McLean v Sydney Water Corporation [2001] NSWCA 122 State Rail Authority v Gaudron (Court of Appeal, 1 May 1997, unreported)
PARTIES : John Phillip Quirke (Plaintiff) Commonwealth of Australia (Defendant)
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