Johnson v Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church & Anor [2009] NSWSC 309

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Johnson v Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church & Anor [2009] NSWSC 309

HEARING DATE(S) : 04/03/2009; 17/04/2009

JUDGMENT DATE : 27 April 2009

JUDGMENT OF : Hoeben J

DECISION : Pursuant to UCPR 28.2, the question of the defendants' liability (including the question of whether any negligence on the part of either defendant caused any damage) be decided separately from the question of quantum. I order the plaintiff to pay the defendants' costs of this motion.

CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Defendants' application for separate hearing on liability - applicable principles - effect of Civil Procedure Act 2005.

LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Procedure Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rule 28.2

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

Barbara O'Sullivan v Challenger Managed Investments Limited [2008] NSWSC 602 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Clune & Anor [2008] NSWSC 1125 per Johnson J CASES CITED : Integral Home Loans Pty Limited & Anor v Interstar Wholesale Finance Pty Limited & Anor [2006] NSWSC 1464 Tepko Pty Limited & Ors v Water Board (2001) 206 CLR 1 at [168] – [170] Vero Insurance Limited v Tran [2008] NSWSC 166

Ebony Johnson by her tutor Blake Johnson - Plaintiff PARTIES : Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Wollongong - First Defendant State of New South Wales - Second Defendant

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20141/2006

COUNSEL : Mr B Watson, solicitor, as agent for the Plaintiff Ms Anna Katzmann SC/Ms Anne Horvath - Defendants