Ahern v Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd [2019] NSWDC 567

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Ahern v Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd [2019] NSWDC 567 Hearing dates: 19, 20 June; 27 September 2019 Date of orders: 04 October 2019 Decision date: 04 October 2019 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Hatzistergos DCJ Decision: See [149] Catchwords: COSTS – Party/Party – Assessed by assessor and review panel – Plaintiff registered judgment – whether Plaintiff estopped from appealing costs – Where summons went stale due to failure to serve - whether Plaintiff permitted an extension of time Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 67 Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) s 368, 384 Limitations Act 1969 (NSW) s 17 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Agricultural Rural Finance Pty Ltd v Gardener (2008) 138 CLR 570; [2008] HCA 57 Arthur Anderson Corporation Finance Pty Ltd v Buzzle Operations Pty Ltd (in liquidation) [2009] NSWCA 104 Coal & Allied Operation Pty Ltd t/a Hunter Valley Operations (Howik) Mine v Stringer [2003} NSWCA 271 Doyle v Hall Chadwick [2007] NSWCA 159 Elders Trustees and Executor Company Ltd v Commonwealth Homes Investment Co Ltd (1941) 65 CLR 603 Katingal Pty Ltd v Anor [2004] NSWSC 36 Lissenden v CAV Bosch Ltd [1940] AC 412 NSW Insurance Ministerial Corporation v Anderson (unreported, NSWCA, 14 June 1994) Onefone Australia Pty Ltd v One Tel Limited [2007] NSWSC 1320 Port Stevens Shire Council v Telmasist Pty Ltd [2004] NSWCA 353 Smith v Shilkin (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 969 State of New South Wales v Judd [2003] NSWCA 355 United Australia Ltd v Barclays Bank Ltd [1941] AC 1 Wakim v Coleman [2010] NSWCA 221 Weston in Capacity as Special Purpose Liquidator of One.Tel Ltd (in liquidation) v Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd [2012] NSWCA 79 Wood v Glaxo Australia Pty Ltd [1994] 2 Qd R 431 Texts Cited: N/A Category: Consequential orders (other than Costs) Parties: Marshall Ahern (Plaintiff 1) Therese Estelle Clancy (Plaintiff 2) AON Risk Services Australia Ltd (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Ms M. Castle (for the Plaintiffs) Ms J. McDonald (for the Defendant)