NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Clark v Robards [2010] NSWSC 522
HEARING DATE(S) : 30 April 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 4 June 2010
JUDGMENT OF : Harrison J
DECISION : Statement of claim struck out with leave to replead.
CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE & PROCEDURE – summary dismissal and strike out – UCPR 13.4 and 14.28 – whether triable issue or absolutely hopeless – whether pleadings disclose a reasonable cause of action, have a tendency to cause prejudice, embarrassment or delay – statement of claim struck out – plaintiff given leave to replead
Crown Proceedings Act 1988 LEGISLATION CITED : Felons (Civil Proceedings) Act 1981 Law Reform (Vicarious Liability) Act 1983 Uniform Civil Procedure Rule 2005
CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings
Agar v Hyde [2000] HCA 41; 201 CLR 552 Clark v State of New South Wales [2006] NSWSC 673; (2006) 66 NSWLR 640 CASES CITED : Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners [1949] HCA 1; (1949) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) [1964] HCA 69; (1964) 112 CLR 125 McGuirk v University of New South Wales [2010] NSWCA 104
Peter Frederick Clark (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Timothy Neil Robards (First Defendant) Terrence LLoyd Robards (Second Defendant) State of New South Wales (Third Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2005/269279
COUNSEL : P M Sibtain (Third Defendant)
SOLICITORS : I V Knight, Crown Solicitor (Third Defendant)
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION
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