Taj v David Pearce trading as Sydney Lifting & Rigging [2020] NSWDC 740

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Taj v David Pearce trading as Sydney Lifting & Rigging [2020] NSWDC 740 Hearing dates: 24 November-26 November 2020 Date of orders: 7 December 2020 Decision date: 07 December 2020 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraph 164 Catchwords: TORT – plaintiff suffers personal injury by incident when situated on defendant's truck – whether duty of care – whether defendant in breach of duty of care – factual causation – assessment of damages – claim for loss of earning capacity where plaintiff derived income from corporate vehicle Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), ss 5B, 5C, 5D, 5F, 5G, 5H, 5P, 5R, 13 Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW), s 151Z Cases Cited: ACQ Pty Ltd v Cook (2008) 72 NSWLR 318 Astley v Austrust Ltd (1999) 197 CLR 1 Avopiling Pty Ltd v Bosevski; Avopiling Pty Ltd v The Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer [2018] NSWCA 146 Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Limited v Bridge [2018] NSWCA 183 Fallas v Mourlas (2006) 65 NSWLR 418 Gumbert v Gumbert [2000] NSWCA 17 Husher v Husher (1999) 197 CLR 138 Kallouf v Middis [2008] NSWCA 61 Malec v JC Hutton Pty Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 638 Paff v Speed (1961) 105 CLR 549 Pell v The Queen [2020] HCA 12 Perisher Blue Pty Ltd v Nair-Smith (2015) 90 NSWLR 1; [2015] NSWCA 90 Prestia v Aknar (1996) 40 NSWLR 165 Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW v Dederer (2007) 234 CLR 330; [2007] HCA 42 Ruby v Marsh (1975) 132 CLR 642 Schultz v McCormack [2015] NSWCA 330 Selby v The Commonwealth (1946) 47 SR (NSW) 150 State of New South Wales v Moss (2000) 54 NSWLR 536 Strong v Woolworths Ltd [2012] HCA 5; 246 CLR 182 T and X Company Pty Ltd v Chivas [2014] NSWCA 235 Vairy v Wyong Shire Council (2005) 223 CLR 422 Wallace v Kam [2013] HCA 19; 250 CLR 375 Texts Cited: D Villa, Annotated Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) (3rd ed, Thomson Reuters, 2018) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mr A Taj (Plaintiff) Mr D Pearce trading as Sydney Lifting & Rigging (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr A Campbell for the plaintiff Mr J Lee for the defendant