Youssef v Bevchain Pty Ltd [2023] NSWDC 313

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Youssef v Bevchain Pty Ltd [2023] NSWDC 313 Hearing dates: 24, 25, 27, 28 July, 11 August 2023 Decision date: 18 August 2023 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Newlinds SC DCJ Decision: 1. Verdict for the plaintiff. 2. Direct the parties to bring in short minutes of orders to give effect to these reasons (para [182]) Catchwords: NEGLIGENCE – risk of harm – causation – conflicting medical opinions – legal causation – proper construction of sections 106 and 107 of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 – egg shell skull test Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002, Division 2, Part 1A, ss 5B, 5B(1), 5B(2), 5D, 5R, 32 Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3,3A,3B(1)(b),112, 127, 138(3) National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013, ss 104, 105, 105A, 105B, 106(b),106(c), 106(2), 107 Cases Cited: Adeels Palace Pty Ltd v Moubarak (2009) 239 CLR 420, [2009] HCA 48 Chester v Waverley (1939) 62 CLR 1 Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins (2003) 205 CLR 317 Dulieu v White & Sons [1901] 2 KB 669 James v USM Events Pty Ltd [2022] QSC 63 Knight v Maclean [2002] NSWCA 314 Metaxoulis v McDonald's Australia Ltd [2015] NSWCA 95 Overseas Tank Ship (UK) Ltd v Morts Dock & Engineering Co Ltd (The Wagon Mound) [1961] AC 388 Mount Isa Mines Ltd v Pusey (1970) 125 CLR 3 Seltsam Pty Ltd v Ghaleb [2005] NSWCA 208 Sharp v Home Care Service of New South Wales (2018) NSWSC 1319 Strong v Woolworths Limited (2012) 246 CLR 182 Tabet v Gett [2010] HCA 12 Tapp v Australian Bushmen's Campdraft & Rodeo Association Limited [2022] HCA 11 Towers v Hevilift Ltd [2020] QSC 77 Uniting Church of Australia Property Trust (New South Wales) v Miller 91 NSWLR 752 Texts Cited: Luntz, Assessment of Damages for Personal Injury and Death, 5th Ed (710 – 177). Category: Principal judgment Parties: Noubar Youssef (plaintiff) Bevchain Pty Ltd (ACN 118 481 773) (defendant) Representation: Counsel: A Campbell (plaintiff) J Ryan (defendant)