Jafari v Khoury & McDonalds Australia Ltd [2019] NSWDC 394

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Jafari v Khoury & McDonalds Australia Ltd [2019] NSWDC 394 Hearing dates: 19 July 2019 Date of orders: 09 August 2019 Decision date: 09 August 2019 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Judge Levy SC Decision: See paragraph [69] for orders. Catchwords: PRACTICE & PROCEDURE – dismissal of first defendant's motion seeking an order pursuant to UCPR r 23.4 that the plaintiff submit to psychometric testing – order pursuant to UCPR r 31.20(j) for expert witness to prepare a single report consolidating opinions contained in a series of reports Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 58(2) Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW), s 86 Motor Accidents Guidelines, 10.4, 10.5 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 23.2, r 23.3, r 23.4, r 31.20, r 31.27, Sch 7 cl 5(c) Cases Cited: Al Amnash v Australia Wide Transport and Logistics Pty Ltd [2018] NSWDC 505 Brighton v Traino [2019] NSWCA 168 Cosgrove-Kaye and Comcare (Compensation) [2019] AATA 1238 Martin v TAL Life Limited, [2015] VCC 1283 Nominal Defendant v Adilzada [2016] NSWCA 266 Rowlands v State of New South Wales (2009) 74 NSWLR 715; [2009] NSWCA 136 Vincent v SAS Trustee Corporation [2016] NSWDC 73 Texts Cited: Peter W Huber, Galileo's Revenge : Junk Science in the Courtroom (1991, Harper Collins) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Farahnaz Jafari (Plaintiff) Michael Khoury (First defendant) McDonalds Australia Ltd (Second defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr J A Stone SC with Ms J Gumbert (Plaintiff) Mr K Rewell SC (Defendant/Applicant)