DIGEST OF LAW REFORM COMMISSION REFERENCES

53. Limitation of actions


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Received:		5 March 1984
Report 50:		Limitation of Actions for Personal Injury Claims, October 1986
		Tabled in Parliament 1 December 1986
Legislative Action:		Limitation (Amendment) Act 1990
Judicial Citation:		Swan v Williams (Demolition) Pty Ltd (1987) 9 NSWLR 172, 184 Briggs v James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd (1989) 16 NSWLR 549, 565 Brisbane South Regional Health Authority v Taylor (1996) 186 CLR 541, 552-553 (McHugh J) Torrens Aloha Pty Ltd v Citibank NA (1997) FCR 581 Girando v Girando (1997) 18 WAR 450 Henricks v Agnew (1997) 26 MVR 277 De Nicola v Giannacopoulos (NSW SC, No 14079/96, Master Greenwood, 21 March 1997, unreported), 3
		Gysen v St Lukes Association (Tas, Supreme Court, M26/97, Zeeman J, 11 August 1997, unreported), 7
		Boon v Seba Sheetmetal Pty Ltd (Tas, Supreme Court, No 95/97, Cox CJ, 22 August 1997, unreported), 3
		Sydney City Council v Zegarac (1998) 43 NSWLR 195
		Paramasivam v Flynn (1998) 90 FCR 489
		Smith v Department of Defence (NSW SC, No 12035/96, Sperling J, 6 April 1998, unreported), 37
		Wright v Australian Associated Motor Insurers Ltd [1999] NSWSC 208, [27]
		Beazley v Sedlacek [1999] ACTSC 129, [24]
		Geary v Stack [2000] NSWSC 11, [12]
		Bartlett v Bartlett (2000) 96 FCR 584, [8]
		National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Ltd v Reynolds [2000] FCA 267, [166]
		DA v The Queen [2000] ACTSC 58, [89]
		Jones v Royal Hospital for Women [2001] NSWCA 410, [48] Pomeroy v Thwaites Witham Pty Ltd (2001) 79 SASR 489 (SASC), 504 Burk v The Commonwealth (No 2) [2002] VSC 464, [15] BP Australia Ltd v Brown (2003) 58 NSWLR 322 (NSWCA), [111] Bjelica Investments Pty Ltd v T C Waters Pepper & Co Pty Ltd [2003] NTSC 67, [29] Woolcock Street Investments Pty Ltd v CDG Pty Ltd (2004) 205 ALR 522 O'Neill v Foster (2004) 61 NSWLR 499, [30]-[31] Stephenson v State of Queensland [2004] QCA 483, [16]-[19], [21] (Davies JA), [59] (Williams JA) and [98]-[99], [119] (Chesterman J) New South Wales v Higgins [2005] NSWCA 244, [19] Newcastle City Council v Batistatos (2005) MVR 381 (NSWCA), [59] Wrightson v Queensland [2005] QCA 367, [40] Taylor v Paulson [2005] BCSC 1249 Queensland v Stephenson [2006] HCA 20, [45] Leonard v Gaincrew Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 1408, [84] R v The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd [2007] VSC 482 footnote 51 Commonwealth of Australia v Smith [2007] NSWCA 168, [48]
Note:		See also Reference 17: Limitation of actions