Thompson v Rosen [2020] NSWSC 356

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Thompson v Rosen [2020] NSWSC 356 Hearing dates: 26 February 2020 Date of orders: 06 April 2020 Decision date: 06 April 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison AsJ Decision: The Court Orders that:

(1) The defendants' notice of motion filed 30 July 2019 is dismissed.

(2) The defendants are to pay the plaintiff's costs on an ordinary basis. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 13.4 – Application for dismissal – Whether no reasonable cause of action because proceedings are statute barred – Whether proceedings are an abuse of process – Where the plaintiff has already been compensated for damages in a class action – Application dismissed Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), ss 5, 50 Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986 (NSW), s 15 Limitation Act 1969 (NSW), ss 27, 50 Limitation of Actions Act 1958 (Vic), s 27 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 13.4, 14.28 Cases Cited: Baker-Morrison v State of New South Wales (2009) 74 NSWLR 454 Chapel Road Pty Ltd v Australian Securities Investments Commission (No 10) [2014] NSWSC 346 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125, Gill v Ethicon Sarl & Ors (No 5) [2019] FCA 1905 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Murgolo V AAI Ltd t/as AAMI [2019] NSWCA 295 Pomare v Whyte [2019] NSWCA 317 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 589 State of New South Wales v Gillett [2012] NSWCA 83 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Gai Thompson (Plaintiff) Dr David Rosen (First Defendant) Associate Professor Alan Lam (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: R Sergi (Plaintiff) E Romaniuk SC + S Roulstone (Defendants)