Tanious v Dedousis [2014] NSWSC 51

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Tanious v Dedousis [2014] NSWSC 51 Hearing dates: 16/12/2013 Decision date: 12 February 2014 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison AsJ Decision: (1) The proceedings are dismissed. (2) The plaintiff is to pay the defendants' costs of the proceedings including the costs of the defendants' notice of motion filed 2 August 2013. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - requirement of pleadings - whether amended statement of claim should be struck out - whether amended statement of claim discloses reasonable cause of action - whether amended statement of claim is an abuse of process Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 (NSW) s 119 Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) ss 5B, 5C, 5D, 5O Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW) ss 4, 100 Health Care Complaints Act 1993 (NSW) s 96 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 13.4, 14.28 Cases Cited: ABJ v Public Guardian [2011] NSWADT 172 ABJ v Public Guardian (GD) [2012] NSWADTAP 3 Banque Commerciale SA En Liquidation v Akhill Holdings Ltd [1990] HCA 11; (1990) 169 CLR 279 Blair v Curran [1939] HCA 23; (1939) 62 CLR 464 Gunns Ltd v Marr [2005] VSC 251 McGuirk v The University of New South Wales [2009] NSWSC 1424 Meckiff v Simpson [1968] VR 62 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 589 Sovar v Henry Lane Pty Limited (1967) 116 CLR 397 Stubbs v NRMA Insurance Ltd (1997) 42 NSWLR 550 Tanious v Public Guardian [2012] NSWCA 165 Tanious v The Public Guardian [2012] NSWCA 335 Texts Cited: LexisNexis, "Encyclopaedic Australian Legal Dictionary", 2013 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Mofeed Louis Tanious (Plaintiff) Chris Dedousis (First Defendant) Public Guardian (Second Defendant) Kieran Pehm, Commissioner of the Health Care Complaints Commission (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Solicitors: Plaintiff (self-represented) Crown Solicitor's Office (First, Second and Third Defendants) File Number(s): 2013/80247 Publication restriction: Nil