NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: McGuirk, Gerard Michael v Kirby, Carol Anne [2011] NSWSC 677 Hearing dates: 11 May 2011 Decision date: 06 July 2011 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison AsJ Decision: 1. The summons filed 29 November 2010 is dismissed. 2. Costs are reserved. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - civil - summary disposal - dismissal - reasonable cause of action; whether - setting aside - plaintiff's claim for declaratory relief does not involve a legal controversy with any foreseeable consequence Legislation Cited: Freedom of Information Act 1989 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Supreme Court Act 1970 Protected Disclosures Act 1994 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 Aussie Airlines Pty Ltd v Australian Airlines Ltd (1996) 68 FCR 406 Australian Conservation Foundation Inc v Commonwealth (1980) 146 CLR 493 Commonwealth of Australia v BIS Cleanaway Limited [2007] NSWSC 1075 Forster v Jododex Australia Pty Ltd (1972) 127 CLR 421 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 Hawksford v Hawksford [2005] NSWSC 463 McBain ,Re; ex parte Australian Catholic Bishops Conference [2002] HCA 16 Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council v Suburban Centres Pty Ltd [1971] 2 NSWLR 335 Painaway Australia Pty Ltd v JAKL Group Pty Ltd [2011] NSWSC 205 Pyx Granite Co Ltd v Ministry of Housing and Local Government [1960] AC 260 Sankey v Whitlam (1978) 142 CLR 1 Truth About Motorways Pty Ltd v Macquarie Infrastructure Investment Management Ltd (2000) 200 CLR 591 University of NSW v Moorhouse & Angus & Robertson (Publishers) Pty Ltd [1975] HCA 26; (1975) 133 CLR 1 Texts Cited: S Goubran, "Conflicts of Duty: The Perennial Lawyers' Tale - A Comparative Study of the Law in England and Australia" [2006] Melbourne University Law Review 4 P W Young, Declaratory Orders, 2nd ed (1984) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Gerard Michael McGuirk - Plaintiff Carol Anne Kirby - Defendant Representation: M Izzo - Defendant GM McGuirk - Plaintiff in person File Number(s): 2010/396418
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