Tinnock v Murrumbidgee Local Health District (5) [2016] NSWSC 109

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Tinnock v Murrumbidgee Local Health District (5) [2016] NSWSC 109 Hearing dates: 8; 9; 10; 11; 12;15; 17 February 2016 Date of orders: 17 February 2016 Decision date: 17 February 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Campbell J Decision: The matter is adjourned and fixed for further hearing before me on 16 and 17 June 2016. I direct the solicitors for the parties to write to the psychiatrist qualified by them requiring them to re-confer to consider the following single issue: what is the cause or causes of Mrs Tinnock's psychiatric condition as diagnosed by you? If you are unable to agree on the answer to this question, please state your separate opinion and the reasons for your difference of opinion. The experts are to confer on or before 18 March 2016 and to provide a supplementary joint report to the solicitors for the parties by close of business on 25 March 2016. Counsel are to lodge a written outline of their argument, with my chambers, by close of business on 4 April 2016. Fix the matter for directions before me at 9.30am on 11 April 2016 to check compliance with these orders and readiness to proceed. Adjourn the matter for finalisation of other evidence tomorrow at 10am. Catchwords: PROCEDURE – Miscellaneous procedural matters – adjournment EXPERT EVIDENCE – joint expert report – procedure – when one expert changes mind – supplementary report Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Kylie Bernadette Tinnock (Plaintiff) Murrumbidgee Local Health District (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: A J Bartley SC (with R Ingram) (Plaintiff) S Barnes (Defendant) Solicitors: TressCox Lawyers (Plaintiff) Commins Hendriks Solicitors (Defendant) File Number(s): 2012/296883