Ucak v Avante Developments [2007] NSWSC 367

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Ucak v Avante Developments [2007] NSWSC 367

HEARING DATE(S) : 17th April 2007

JUDGMENT DATE : 19 April 2007

JUDGMENT OF : Hammerschlag J

DECISION : Pars 20 and 21 of the defendant's Technology and Construction List Response be struck out

CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Pleading requirements for a person claiming to be one of two or more persons whose acts or omissions caused the loss that is the subject of an apportionable claim under Pt 4 of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) – principles applying to applications to strike out pleadings upon which Pt 14 r14.28 UCPR is based, apply with equal force to proceedings in the Technology and Construction List - CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2002 – Pt 4 does not apply if the liability arose before 26 July 2004 and therefore cannot be pleaded as a defence to a liability arising before that date

Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) Civil Liability Amendment (Personal Responsibility) Act 2002 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Civil Liability Amendment (Proportionate Liability) Regulation 2004 (NSW) Civil Liability Regulation 2003 (NSW) Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW)

Bestcare Foods Limited v Origin Energy LPG Limited [2007] NSWSC 354 Letang v Cooper [1965] 1 QB 232 Williams v Milotin (1957) 97 CLR 465 CASES CITED : Venning v Chin (1974) 10 SASR 299 Air Link Pty Limited v Patterson [2002] NSWCA 85 Hunt Contracting Co. Pty Limited v Roebuck Resources NL (1992) 110 ALR 183 Bond Corporation Pty Limited v Thiess Contractors Pty Limited (1987) 14 FCR 215 Ferdinand Nemeth v Prynew Pty Limited [2005] NSWSC 1296