Gillett v State of New South Wales [2009] NSWSC 421

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Gillett v State of New South Wales [2009] NSWSC 421

HEARING DATE(S) : 15 May 2009

JUDGMENT DATE : 29 May 2009

JUDGMENT OF : Schmidt AJ

DECISION : Motion dismissed.

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - Supreme Court procedure - New South Wales - pleadings - statement of claim - application to strike out claim for breach of statutory duty and negligence - police - duty of care - section 15A of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986 - orders refused - costs

Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1967 Criminal Procedure Amendment (Pre Trial Disclosure) Act 2001 Crown Proceedings Act 1988 Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986 LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Vicarious Liability) Act 1983 Limitation Act 1969 Mental Health Act 1986 (Vic) Police Act 1990 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

Baker-Morrison v State of New South Wales [2009] NSWCA 35 Cran v State of New South Wales [2004] NSWCA 92 D'Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid (2005) 223 CLR 1 Elguzouli-Daf v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [1995] QB 335 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 McDonald v Girkaid Pty Ltd [2004] NSWCA 297 CASES CITED : O'Connor v SP Bray Limited (1936) 56 CLR 464 Pyrenees Shire Council v Day (1998) 192 CLR 330 Sovar v Henry Lane Pty Ltd (1967) 116 CLR 397 State of New South Wales v Paige (2002) 60 NSWLR 371 Stuart v Kirkland - Veenstra [2009] HCA 15 Sullivan v Moody; Thompson v Connon (2001) 207 CLR 562 Tame v State of New South Wales (2002) 211 CLR 317