In the action, the plaintiff airport corporation sues the defendant engineer in negligence and for misleading or deceptive conduct. Both liability and quantum are in issue. The defendant applied for a separate trial of liability because of consequent potential time and cost savings, and also because the Plaintiff’s damages case was in a state of flux due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on airport operations and therefore its damages case.
Shane Doyle QC and Sam McCarthy appeared for the applicant defendant instructed by Schweikert Harris.
The judgment is available here.