Taylor v The Owners - Strata Plan 11564 (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 755

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Taylor v The Owners - Strata Plan 11564 (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 755 Hearing dates: 30/05/2014, 06/06/2014 Decision date: 10 June 2014 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Garling J Decision: (1) Motion filed 27 May 2014 is dismissed. (2) Order the plaintiffs to pay defendants' costs of the Motion. (3) Vacate the hearing date fixed for 14 July 2014. (4) Reserve all questions of costs of and occasioned by the vacation of the hearing date. (5) Liberty to apply. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Determination of separate questions - Whether a determination of the proposed set of questions will facilitate the just, quick and cheap resolution of the proceedings - Compensation to Relatives Action - Assessment of damages detailed and complex - - Promotion of settlement unlikely - Costs of separate question significant - No reason to displace usual course - No point of general principle Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 Civil Procedure Act 2005 Compensation to Relatives Act 1897 Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 Roads Act 1993 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Clune [2008] NSWSC 1125 Perre v Apand Pty Ltd [1999] HCA 36; (1999) 198 CLR 180 Taylor v The Owners - Strata Plan No 11564 [2012] NSWSC 842 Taylor v The Owners - Strata Plan No 11564 [2013] NSWCA 55 Taylor v The Owners - Strata Plan No 11564 [2014] HCA 9 Thiering v Daly [2011] NSWSC 1345 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Susan Joy Taylor (P1) Zara Zoe Cartwright (P2) The Owners Strata Plan 11564 (D1) Alison Margaret Lamond (D2) Gordon Sunn (D3) Clifford Sunn (D4) Duncan Rea (D5) Manly Council (D6) Ryan Winton Taylor (D7) Lisa Jane Taylor (D8) Mitchell Alan Taylor (D10) Representation: Counsel: J Poulos QC / Ms Heath (P) G M Gregg (D1-4) J Lonergan SC (D5) S Glascott (D6) L Rupell (D7-10) Solicitors: Craddock Murray Nuemann (P) Meridian Lawyers (D1, D2, D3, D4) Addisons (D5) DLA Piper Australia (D6) Lewis Rupell (D7, D8, D10) File Number(s): 2010/405732