Hickson v Mid North Coast Local Health District [2018] NSWSC 1826

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Hickson v Mid North Coast Local Health District [2018] NSWSC 1826 Hearing dates: 22 November 2018 Date of orders: 22 November 2018 Decision date: 22 November 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McCallum J Decision: Orders of the Registrar made on 6 July 2018 set aside and in lieu thereof the defendant's motion filed 11 April 2018 is dismissed; the defendant is to pay the plaintiff's costs of that motion and of the motion determined today Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – application for review of decision of registrar directing plaintiff to answer interrogatories – claim for damages arising out of bodily injury – consideration of r 22.1(3) of the UCPR – whether there are special reasons to order interrogatories Legislation Cited: Limitation Act 1969 (NSW), ss 18A, 50C Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 22.1 Cases Cited: Baker-Morrison v State of New South Wales (2009) 74 NSWLR 454; [2009] NSWCA 35 Horsnell by his tutor Horsnell v Allworth Constructions Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 844 Kaiser v George Laurens (NSW) Pty Ltd (1982) 1 NSWLR 294 McCallum v Reynolds [2016] NSWSC 366 Seidler v John Fairfax & Sons (1983) 2 NSWLR 390 State of New South Wales v Gillett [2012] NSWCA 83 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Melissa Jane Hickson (plaintiff) Mid North Coast Local Health District (defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Daley, A Porthouse (solicitor for the plaintiff) S Kettle (defendant)