Hartnett v Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes (3)

[2024] NSWSC 126

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1. Civil Procedure
2. › pleadings
3. › amendment
4. › late application for amendment
5. › inadvertence of counsel in preparing previous versions of pleadings
6. › where all defendants, through a Heads of Agreement, agreed to contribute one third of damages payable irrespective of final judgment
7. › where first defendant’s financial position remains unaffected by proposed amendments
8. › no prejudice occasioned by delay
1. Negligence
2. › vicarious liability
3. › relationship akin to employment
4. › whether the owner of a school can vicariously be liable for the conduct of a teacher belonging to an order of Catholic nuns
5. › vicarious liability to be determined based on factual evidence led

Citation[2024] NSWSC 126

CourtNSWSC

JurisdictionNew South Wales

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