Radford v State of New South Wales; Radford v Justice Health, New South Wales [2011] NSWSC 700

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Radford v State of New South Wales; Radford v Justice Health, New South Wales [2011] NSWSC 700 Hearing dates: 29 June 2011 Decision date: 29 June 2011 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Johnson J Decision: In each case, proceedings dismissed with costs. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - claims for damages - alleged assault by police in 1999 - alleged medical negligence and mistreatment in prison between 1999 and 2004 - previous District Court proceedings concerning both claims - fresh proceedings commenced in Supreme Court - abuse of process - embarrassing pleadings - limitation issues Legislation Cited: Limitation Act 1969 Civil Liability Amendment (Personal Responsibility) Act 2002 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Radford v State of New South Wales [2009] NSWDC 278 State of New South Wales v Radford [2010] NSWCA 276 Dey v Victorian Railway Commissioners [1949] HCA 1; 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) [1964] HCA 69; 112 CLR 125 Banque Commerciale SA (In Liquidation) v Akhil Holdings Limited [1990] HCA 11; 169 CLR 279 McGuirk v University of New South Wales [2009] NSWSC 1424 Batistatos v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales [2006] HCA 27; 226 CLR 256 Walton v Gardiner [1993] HCA 77; 177 CLR 378 Reichel v McGrath (1889) 14 App Cas 665 Rippon v Chilcotin Pty Limited [2001] NSWCA 142; 53 NSWLR 198 White & Libut v Thompson [2011] NSWCA 161 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Limited [1981] HCA 45; 147 CLR 589 SW v the State of New South Wales [2010] NSWSC 966 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Steven Radford (Plaintiff) State of New South Wales (Defendant in 2010/427094)) Justice Health, New South Wales (Defendant in 2011/4865) Representation: Mr S Radford (in person) Mr M Windsor SC (Defendant in both proceedings) Crown Solicitor's Office (Ms L Munro) File Number(s):