Hassid v Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority t/as Seqwater (No 2) [2017] NSWSC 1064

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Hassid v Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority t/as Seqwater (No 2) [2017] NSWSC 1064 Hearing dates: 11 August 2017 Date of orders: 11 August 2017 Decision date: 11 August 2017 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: 1. Order that pursuant to section 166(1) of the Civil Procedure Act these proceedings no longer continue under Part 10 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005.

2. Direct the plaintiffs' solicitor to notify, by 16 August 2017, all persons:

(i) Who have instructed them to act; (ii) Who have registered a claim with the plaintiffs' solicitors; or (iii) Who have opted out of the Rodriguez Proceedings since 9 January 2017;

That:

(iv) Order 1 has been made; (v) These proceedings are no longer a representative action; (vi) They are no longer a group member of any representative proceeding; (vii) If they wish to bring a claim in respect of the flooding in the greater Brisbane area during January 2011, they should seek legal advice.

3. Direct the plaintiffs' solicitors, by 16 August 2017, to place a prominent advertisement in a metropolitan newspaper circulating in Brisbane, South East Queensland stating the matters set out in Order 2.

4. Without limiting the newspaper referred to in Order 3, the advertisement be placed in the Courier Mail.

By Consent the Court further orders that:

1. The proceedings continued as proceedings by the plaintiffs on the plaintiffs' own behalf against the defendants, be dismissed.