Julie Walker v Top Hut Banoon Pastoral Co Pty Limited trading as Trustee the Wakefield Family Trust; ; Shear Away Pty Limited v Top Hut Banoon Pastoral Co Pty Limited trading as Trustee the Wakefield Family Trust [2021] NSWDC 147

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Julie Walker v Top Hut Banoon Pastoral Co Pty Limited trading as Trustee the Wakefield Family Trust; ; Shear Away Pty Limited v Top Hut Banoon Pastoral Co Pty Limited trading as Trustee the Wakefield Family Trust [2021] NSWDC 147 Hearing dates: 16-18 November 2020 Date of orders: 23 April 2021 Decision date: 23 April 2021 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Weinstein SC Decision: Judgment for the plaintiff in proceedings 2018/166427 and 2018/357572 Catchwords: Negligence – occupier's liability – employer's liability – duty of care – foreseeability of risk – causation – causation – damages – non-delegable duty – economic loss – gratuitous attendant care service Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 Evidence Act 1995 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 Workers' Compensation Act 1987 Cases Cited: Arthur Robinson (Grafton) Pty Limited v Carter (1967-1968) 122 CLR 649 Avopiling Pty Limited v Bosevski [2018] NSWCA 146 Clifton & Ors v Lewis [2012] NSWCA 229 Coleman v Barrett [2004] NSWCA 27 Crimmins v Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee (1999) 200 CLR 1 Davie v New Merton Board Mills Ltd [1959] AC 60 Dell v Dalton (1991) 23 NSWLR 528 Dib Group Pty Limited v Coles [2009] NSWCA 210 Kwanchi Pty Limited v Kocsis (1996) 40 NSWLR 270 Moran v Nominal Defendant [2008] NSWSC 804 Southgate v Waterford (1990) 21 NSWLR 427 State Rail Authority of New South Wales v Earthline Constructions Pty Limited (in liq) [1999] HCA 3 at [88] Strong v Woolworths Ltd [2012] HCA 5 Zhang v Golden Eagle International Trading Pty Ltd & Ors [2006] NSWCA 25 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Julie Walker (Plaintiff in proceedings no 2018/166427) Top Hut Banoon Pastoral Co Pty Limited trading as Trustee the Wakefield Family Trust (Defendant/Cross-Claimant in proceedings no 2018/166427) Shear Away Pty Limited (Cross-Defendant in proceedings no 2018/166427)