Porter v Le; Porter v Western Sydney Local Health District [2014] NSWSC 101

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Porter v Le; Porter v Western Sydney Local Health District [2014] NSWSC 101 Hearing dates: 2 August 2013 Decision date: 21 February 2014 Before: Harrison J Decision: Defendants' applications dismissed Catchwords: PROCEDURE - medical negligence -representation by tutor of legally incapacitated person - application for stay pending removal of tutor - Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 7.18 - impecunious tutor - whether tutor's financial status a prerequisite for office - distinction between responsibility for costs and financial capacity to meet adverse costs order Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2005 Civil Procedure Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Al Mousawy bht Imelda Margaret Dodds v Howitt-Stevens Constructions Pty Ltd & Ors (No 2) [2010] NSWSC 1398 Azar v Kathirgamalingan [2012] NSWCA 429 Barton v R [1981] HCA 48; (1981) 147 CLR 75 Batistatos bht Rosebottom v RTA [2006] HCA 27; (2006) 226 CLR 256 Clyne v NSW Bar Association [1960] HCA 40; (1960) 104 CLR 186 Crockett v Roberts [2000] TASSC 148; (2000) 9 Tas R 312 Dey v Victorian Railway Commissioners [1948] HCA 1;(1948-49) 78 CLR 62 Ex parte Davis (1901) SR (NSW) 187 Jackson v Sterling Industries Ltd [1987] HCA 23; (1987) 162 CLR 612 Jago v District Court of NSW [1989] HCA 46;(1989) 168 CLR 23 Porter v Le [2010] NSWSC 998 South v Northern Sydney Area Health Service & Anor [2003] NSWSC 479 Steinecke bht Robert John Gardos v Peter Martin Wayne [2011] NSWSC 428 Woolf v Pemberton (1877) 6 Ch D 19 NSW Ministerial Corporation v Abualfoul [1999] FCA 433; (1999) 94 FCR 247 Yakmor v Hamdoush (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 284; (2009) 76 NSWLR 148 Texts Cited: Dal Pont, Law of Costs, 2nd Ed (2009) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Arthur Porter (Plaintiff) Phong Le (Defendant) (2007/265150) Western Sydney Local Health District (Defendant) (2011/200099) Representation: Counsel: D E Graham SC (Plaintiff) M Windsor SC (Le) S Woods (Western Sydney Local Health District) Solicitors: C O'Dea (Plaintiff) Norton Rose (Le) Crown Solicitor (Western Sydney Local Health District) File Number(s): 2007/265150 & 2011/200099 Publication restriction: Nil