Tanious v Dedousis (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 1361

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Tanious v Dedousis (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 1361 Hearing dates: 2 July 2014 Decision date: 09 October 2014 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Price J Decision: 1. The plaintiff's notice of motion is dismissed. 2. The plaintiff is to pay the defendants' costs of the motion. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - appeal from Associate Justice - whether amended statement was properly pleaded - whether a reasonable cause of action was disclosed - whether Health Care Complaints Act and Guardianship Act created a private right of action - whether proceedings an attempt to re-litigate previously determined issues - whether leave to amend to a claim under the Compensation to Relatives Act should be granted. Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 ss 5B, 5D, 5F, 5E, 5Q Civil Procedure Act 2005 s 56, s 58 Compensation to Relatives Act 1897 Guardianship Act 1987 s 77, s 100 Health Care Complaints Act 1993 s 96 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 13.4, 14.7, 14.8, 14.28, 49.4 Cases Cited: Dare v Pulham [1982] 148 CLR 658 Do Carmo v Ford Excavations Pty Ltd [1981] 1 NSWLR 409 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Gunns Limited v Marr [2005] VSC 251 Hart v Herson [1996] Aust Torts Reports Q 81-395 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Kirby v Sanderson Motors Pty Limited (2001) 54 NSWLR 135 MacDonald v Public Trustee [2010] NSWSC 684 McGuirk v The University of New South Wales [2009] NSWSC 1424 Meckiff v Simpson [1968] VR 62 Nguyen v Nguyen (1989 - 1990) 169 CLR 245 Public Trustee v Zoanetti (1945) 70 CLR 266 R v Moffat [2000] 112 A Crim R 201 Shelton v National Roads and Motorists Association Limited [2004] FCA 1393 Sovar v Henry Lane Pty Limited (1967) 116 CLR 397 Tanious v Dedousis [2014] NSWSC 51 Warren v Coombes (1979) 142 CLR 531 Webster v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mofeed Louis Tanious Dr Chris Dedousis & St George Hospital Aged Care Team Judy Hunt & NSW Public Guardian Kieran Phem & Health Care Complaints Commission Sydney Representation: Counsel: Ms L Boyd ( 1st, 2nd & 3rd Defendants) Solicitors: Mr Tanious in person unrepresented File Number(s): 2013/80247