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[Full-text PDF] Morris v State of Queensland [2004] QCA 371 (04/4618) Brisb Williams JA Cullinane J Holmes J 8/10/2004

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LIMITATION OF ACTIONS – POSTPONEMENT OF THE BAR – EXTENSION OF PERIOD – CAUSE OF ACTION IN RESPECT OF PERSONAL INJURIES – KNOWLEDGE OF MATERIAL FACTS – MATERIAL FACTS OF DECISIVE CHARACTER – where appellant commenced proceedings in December 2001 for personal injury sustained during his work as an undercover police officer – where appellant applied to have limitation period extended on ground that a material fact of a decisive character was not within his means of knowledge until after December 2000 – where learned primary judge refused application and granted summary judgment against appellant – whether learned primary judge erred in concluding that a material fact of a decisive character was within the appellant’s knowledge prior to December 2000