Sally Ann John v Robert Ramsey [2015] NSWDC 190

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Sally Ann John v Robert Ramsey [2015] NSWDC 190 Hearing dates: 28 August 2015 Date of orders: 04 September 2015 Decision date: 04 September 2015 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Hatzistergos DCJ Decision: Notice of Motion of the 3rd Defendant is dismissed. Catchwords: TORTS – personal injury – motor vehicle accident – blameless accident – scope of the words "act or omission" in Part 1.2 of MACA – deemed liability

PROCEDURE – third party insurer – reasonable prospects Legislation Cited: Federal Court Act 1976 (Cth) s 31A Interpretation Act 1987 s34 Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW) ss 3, 7A, 7B, 7C 7E, 112 and 113, Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) rr 13.4, 14.28, 16.19 and 16.24 Cases Cited: Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 Drake v Wood Marshall Williams Solicitors [2015] NSWSC 1091 Garry Connaughton v Pacific Railway Engineering Pty Ltd [2015] NSWDC 89 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Hossein v Mirdha [2015] NSWDC 108 Macquarie Bank Ltd v Fociri Pty Ltd (1992) 27 NSWLR 203 O'Brien v Bank of Western Australia Ltd [2013] NSWCA 71 O'Brien v Davjam Enterprises Pty Ltd [2014] NSWDC 270 Spencer v The Commonwealth (2010) 241 CLR 118 Texts Cited: DC Pearce and RS Geddes, Statutory Interpretation in Australia 8th edition, LexisNexis Butterworths. Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Sally Ann John (Plaintiff) Robert Ramsay (1st Defendant) West Bus Region 1 Pty Ltd t/as West Bus (2nd Defendant) Zurich Australia Insurance Limited (3rd Defendant) Representation: Mr J Hallion (counsel for the Plaintiff) Mr C Lisica (solicitor for the 1st & 2nd Defendants) Mr W Fitzsimmons (counsel for the 3rd Defendant)