Clarke v South Eastern Sydney Local Health District

CLARKE
v
SOUTH EASTERN SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT & ANOR
[2020] HCASL 135
S22/2020

The applicant seeks special leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (Basten and Payne JJA) refusing leave to appeal from the judgment of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (Bellew J) summarily dismissing the applicant's claim against the respondents as failing to disclose a reasonable cause of action.
The application concerns a matter of practice and procedure and the application of settled principle. It discloses no question of general importance and no reason to doubt the correctness of the Court of Appeal's decision. Special leave should be refused.
Pursuant to r 41.08.1 of the High Court Rules 2004 (Cth), we direct the Registrar to draw up, sign and seal an order dismissing the application.

G.A.A Nettle M.M Gordon

12 June 2020

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In the case of Clarke v South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, the applicant, Clarke, sought special leave to appeal from a judgment of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. This appeal was against the respondents, the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District and another party. The case pertains to a matter of practice and procedure, along with the application of settled principles, after the Supreme Court of New South Wales had summarily dismissed Clarke's claim against the respondents. The dismissal was based on the claim failing to disclose a reasonable cause of action.

The legal issues before the court involved whether the application disclosed a question of general importance and if there was any reason to doubt the correctness of the Court of Appeal's decision. The court had to assess whether special leave should be granted for the appeal to proceed. This required a detailed examination of the procedural aspects and the settled principles applied by the lower courts in dismissing Clarke's claim.

In its reasoning, the court concluded that the application did not disclose a question of general importance. Furthermore, the court found no reason to doubt the correctness of the Court of Appeal's decision. As a result, the application for special leave to appeal was dismissed. The court directed that an order dismissing the application be drawn up, signed, and sealed by the Registrar, pursuant to rule 41.08.1 of the High Court Rules 2004 (Cth). This decision was made on 12 June 2020.

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