X v Sydney Children's Hospitals Specialty Network & Anor (No 5) [2011] NSWSC 1351

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: X v Sydney Children's Hospitals Specialty Network & Anor (No 5) [2011] NSWSC 1351 Hearing dates: 7 November 2011 Decision date: 10 November 2011 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Adamson J Decision: 1) Refuse the Plaintiff's application to exclude the Second Joint Report on breach of duty from evidence. 2) Admit the Second Joint Report on breach of duty into evidence. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Expert evidence - Joint reports of experts - Whether reasons are required for agreement between experts - Procedural fairness Legislation Cited: - Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) - s 9, Schedule 3, s 56 - Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) - s 11(1), s 79, s 135, s 190, s 192 - Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) - r 31.26, r 31.27 Cases Cited: - Barescape Pty Ltd v Bacchus Holdings Pty Ltd [2011] NSWSC 1002 - Dasreef Pty Ltd v Hawcher [2011] HCA 21 - Gillett v Robinson [2011] NSWSC 1143 - Makita (Australia) Pty Ltd v Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: - "X" (Plaintiff) - Sydney Children's Hospitals Specialty Network (Randwick and Westmead) (Incorporating The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children) (First Defendant) - Dr Brian Kearney (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: - K.M. Connor SC, Ms K. Sant, Ms M. Avenell (Plaintiff) - M.J. Windsor SC, S.A. Woods (First Defendant) - J.K. Kirk SC, Ms V.A. Thomas (Second Defendant) Solicitors: Paul A. Curtis & Co (Plaintiff) GILD Insurance Litigation (First Defendant) Blake Dawson (Second Defendant) File Number(s): 2002/069388 Publication restriction: Suppression order in respect of Plaintiff