NSW Caselaw
New South Wales District Court
CITATION: Theodorakakis v Telstra Corporation Limited [2005] NSWDC 11
HEARING DATE(S): 23-25 February 2005
JUDGMENT DATE: 28 April 2005
JURISDICTION: Civil
JUDGMENT OF: Rein SC DCJ
DECISION: See [73].
CATCHWORDS: Plaintiff fell over on a footpath due to presence of pit lid which was not flush with pavement - Hazard had been identified by council 14 months earlier but not rectified - Claim against council and party responsible for the installation of the pit lid - Whether defect was obvious - Burden of proof - Duty of care and breach of duty - Relevance of budgetary constraints on council - Whether s 45 of the Civil Liability Act applied - Contributory negligence - Quantum
LEGISLATION CITED: Civil Liability Act 2002, ss 16, 45 Roads Act 1993, s 4
Blatch v Archer (1774) 98 ER 969 Brodie v Singleton Shire Council; Ghantous v Hawkesbury Shire Council (2001) 206 CLR 512; [2001] HCA 29 Burwood Council v Byrnes [2002] NSWCA 343 Council of the Municipality of Waverly v Lodge [2001] NSWCA 439 Georgopoulos v Telstra Corporation Ltd [2004] NSWCA 266 Graham v Baker (1961) 106 CLR 340 Hampton Court Ltd v Crooks (1957) 97 CLR 367 Hastings Council v Giese [2003] NSWCA 178 K-Mart Australia Ltd v McCann [2004] NSWCA 283 Lake Macquarie City Council v Bottomley [1999] NSWCA 28 Lake Macquarie City Council v Holt [2004] NSWCA 305 Lombardi v Holroyd City Council [2002] NSWCA 252 CASES CITED: Medlin v State Government Insurance Commission (1995) 182 CLR 1 Newcastle City Council v Mason [2004] NSWCA 108 Newcastle City Council v McShane [2004] NSWCA 425 Penrith City Council v Parks [2004] NSWCA 201 Richmond Valley Council v Standing [2002] NSWCA 359 Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales v McGuinness [2002] NSWCA 210 Ryde City Council v Saleh [2004] NSWCA 219 Ryde Council v Smith [2003] NSWCA 57 Sutherland Shire Council v Henshaw [2004] NSWCA 386 Telstra Corporation Ltd v Smith (1998) Aust Torts Reports 81-487 Temora Shire Council v Stein [2004] NSWCA 236 Turnbull v Alm [2004] NSWCA 173 Waverly Municipal Council v Wagner [2002] NSWCA 10 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40
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