NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Kovarfi v BMT & Associates Pty Ltd [2012] NSWSC 1101 Hearing dates: 30 August 2011; supplementary written submissions closed 21 June 2012 Decision date: 14 September 2012 Before: McCallum J Decision: Proceedings dismissed Catchwords: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS - cause of action founded on tort - where action brought on cause of action purportedly assigned by original assignor more than six years before commencement of proceedings - action statute-barred
NEGLIGENCE - causation - whether properly pleaded
PERSONAL PROPERTY - alienation of personal property - assignment of choses in action - whether bare right of action in tort capable of being assigned Legislation Cited: Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 Conveyancing Act 1919 Limitation Act 1969 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Allstate Life Insurance Co v Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (No 2) [1994] FCA 1463 (unreported, 7 November 1994) Carr v Finance Corporation of Australia Ltd (No 1) [1981] HCA 20; (1981) 147 CLR 246 Ellis v Torrington [1920] 1 KB 399 Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Haxton; Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Bassat; Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Cunningham's Warehouse Sales Pty Ltd [2012] HCA 7 Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd [2007] HCA 22; (2007) 230 CLR 89 Foyster v ANZ Banking Group [1999] NSWSC 300 Hillebrand v Penrith Council [2000] NSWSC 1058 Kenny & Good Pty Ltd v MGICA (1992) Ltd [1999] HCA 25; (1999) 199 CLR 413 Miller & Associates Insurance Broking Pty Ltd v BMW Australia Finance Ltd [2010] HCA 31; (2010) 241 CLR 357 National Mutual Property Services (Australia) Pty Ltd v Citibank Savings Ltd (No 1) [1995] FCA 1628 Poulton v Commonwealth [1953] HCA 101; (1953) 89 CLR 540 Rickard Constructions v Rickard Hails Moretti [2004] NSWSC 1041; (2004) 220 ALR 267 Ross v Cook [2009] NSWSC 671 Salfinger v Niugini Mining (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 3) [2007] FCA 1532 Trendtex Trading Corporation v Credit Suisse [1982] AC 679 Wardley; Wardley Australia Ltd v Western Australia [1992] HCA 55; (1992) 175 CLR 514 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Edith Kovarfi (plaintiff) BMT & Associates Pty Ltd (first defendant) Thomas Charles Plenty (second defendant) Representation: Plaintiff in person J Williams (defendants) Yeldham Price O'Brien Lusk (defendants) File Number(s): 347570 of 2010 Publication restriction: None
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