Mansour v Marhop Pty Limited [2023] NSWDC 476

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Mansour v Marhop Pty Limited [2023] NSWDC 476 Hearing dates: 8, 9 and 10 November 2022; 4, 5 and 27 April 2023 Date of orders: 8 November 2023 Decision date: 08 November 2023 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Andronos SC DCJ Decision: (1) Judgment for the plaintiff against the first defendant for the assault by its employee, Nathan Moran, on the plaintiff in the sum of $3,000. (2) Judgment for the plaintiff against the defendants for the battery of the plaintiff by the second defendant, the employee of the first defendant, in the sum of $10,000. (3) Judgment for the plaintiff against the defendants for the false imprisonment of the plaintiff by the second defendant, the employee of the first defendant, in the sum of $15,000. (4) Interest and costs are reserved. (5) The proceedings are otherwise dismissed. Catchwords: TORTS — Trespass to the person — Assault TORTS — Trespass to the person — Battery — Defences TORTS — Trespass to the person — False imprisonment TORTS — Defences — Necessity NEGLIGENCE — Vicarious liability — Employer and employee Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900, s 61 Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002, s 100 Liquor Act 2007(NSW), s 77 Cases Cited: Coote v Kelly; Northram v Kelly [2016] NSWSC 1447 CPCF v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2015) 255 CLR 514; [2015] HCA 1 Dehn v Attorney-General [1988] 2 NZLR 564 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Mathers-Hunter (2014) 242 A Crim R 319 ; [2014] NSWSC 843 Fairclough v Whipp [1951] 2 All ER 834 Fontin v Katapodis (1962) 108 CLR 177 Goldie v Commonwealth of Australia No 2 [2004] FCA 156; (2004) 81 ALD 422 Knight v R (1988) 35 A Crim R 314 Louis v Commonwealth (1987) 87 FLR 277 McDonald v New South Wales [1999] NSWSC 350 Pearce v Hallett [1969] SASR 423 R v Fisher (2002) 54 NSWLR 467 Rixon v Star City Pty Ltd (2001) 53 NSWLR 98 Ruddock v Taylor (2005) 222 CLR 612 State of New South Wales v McMaster; State of New South Wales v Karakizos; State of New South Wales v McMaster [2015] NSWCA 228 State of New South Wales v Riley [2003] NSWCA 208 The Nominal Defendant v Cordin [2017] NSWCA 6 Uber BV v Howarth [2017] NSWSC 54 Watson v Marshall & Cade (1971) 124 CLR 621 Zaravinos v State of New South Wales (2004) 62 NSWLR 58 Texts Cited: David Rolph, Balkin & Davis Law of Torts (6th ed, 2021, LexisNexis) F Trindade and P Cane, The Law of Torts in Australia (3rd ed, 1999, Oxford University Press) J Fleming, The Law of Torts (8th ed, 1992, LawBook Co) Category: Principal judgment Parties: James Mansour (plaintiff) Marhop Pty Limited (first defendant) Andrew James Lockhart-Ross (second defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr D Toomey SC with Mr J Isackson (8 November 2022) (plaintiff) Mr D Toomey SC with Mr J Thompson (all hearing days except for 8 November 2022) (plaintiff) Mr N Polin SC (8, 9 and 10 November 2022) (defendants) Mr D Lloyd SC with Mr J Whealing (4, 5 and 27 April 2023) (defendants)