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Prince Alfred College Incorporated v. ADC

Case No. A20/2016

Case information

Lower Court Judgment

10/11/2015 Supreme Court of South Australia (Full Court) (Kourakis CJ, Gray J, Peek J)

[2015] SASCFC 161

Catchwords

Torts – Negligence – Negligence of school authorities or teachers – Liability of employer – Limitation of actions – Extension of time in personal injuries matters – Knowledge of material facts of decisive character – Principles upon which discretion to grant extension of time – Whether Full Court erred in granting extension of time.

Short Particulars

Documents

15/04/2016 Hearing (SLA, Melbourne v/link Adelaide)

28/04/2016 Notice of appeal

20/05/2016 Written submissions (Appellant)

20/05/2016 Chronology (Appellant)

10/06/2016 Written submissions (Respondent)

24/06/2016 Reply

21/07/2016 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

05/10/2016 Judgment (Judgment Summary)