Konneh v State of New South Wales (No.2) [2013] NSWSC 390

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Konneh v State of New South Wales (No.2) [2013] NSWSC 390 Hearing dates: 10/02/2012 Decision date: 19 April 2013 Before: Garling J Decision: (1) Notice of Motion of the State filed 23 December 2011 is dismissed. (2) The plaintiff is to file and serve by 4pm 2 May 2013, a further amended statement of claim, which designates only one solicitor acting as the solicitor on the record for the plaintiff. (3) The State is to pay the plaintiff's costs of the motion. (4) The plaintiff is to pay the State's costs of, and occasioned by, the filing of the further amended statement of claim. Catchwords: PROCEDURE -notice of motion seeking to strike out paragraphs of amended statement of claim - irregularity of pleadings - whether two solicitors on record is contrary to the interests of justice. TORT -novel pleading of knowledge for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment. Legislation Cited: Bail Act 1978 Civil Procedure Act 2005 Law Reform (Vicarious Liability) Act 1983 Legal Profession Act 2004 Police Act 1990 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Young Offenders Act 1997 Workers Compensation Act 1926 Cases Cited: Carter v Marine Helicopters Ltd (1996) 9 ANZ Insurance Cases 61 - 299; Dallison v Caffery [1965] 1 QB 348 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioner [1949] HCA 1; (1949) 78 CLR 62; Elphick v Westfield Shopping Centre Management Company Pty Ltd [2011] NSWCA 356 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) [1964] HCA 69; (1964) 112 CLR 125; George v Rockett [1990] HCA 26; (1990) 170 CLR 104; Gibson v Parkes District Hospital (1991) 26 NSWLR 9; Herbert v Badgery (1893) 14 LR (NSW) Eq 321; Konneh v State of NSW [2011] NSWSC 1170; Lewis v Daily Telegraph (No 2) [1964] 2 QB 601; Meridian Global Funds Management Asia Ltd v Securities Commission [1995] 2 AC 500; New South Wales v Fahy [2007] HCA 20; (2007) 232 CLR 486; O'Hara v Chief Constable, Royal Ulster Constabulary [1997] 1 All ER 129; [1997] AC 286; Rahman v Dubs [2012] NSWSC 1065 Spencer v The Commonwealth of Australia [2010] HCA 28; (2010) 241 CLR 118; Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Musa Konneh (P) State of New South Wales (D) Representation: Counsel: M B J Lee SC / P Batley (P) M T McCulloch SC /D F Villa (D) Solicitors: Maurice Blackburn Pty Ltd (P) Public Interest Advocacy Centre Ltd (P) Crown Solicitor (D) File Number(s): 2011/187125