NSW Caselaw
New South Wales District Court
CITATION: Addison v The Owners – Strata Plan No. 32680 [2010] NSWDC 251
HEARING DATE(S): 22 July 2010
JUDGMENT DATE: 6 October 2010
JURISDICTION: Civil
JUDGMENT OF: Gibson DCJ
(1) Judgment for the plaintiff for the sum of $154,651. DECISION: (2) Defendant pay plaintiff's costs. (3) Liberty to restore re costs. (4) Exhibits retained for 28 days.
CATCHWORDS: TORT - negligence - pathway across strata home units in use for many years as a short cut between a primary school and the main road - pathway visible at night for a short distance due to street lighting but otherwise unlit - plaintiff falls into a drain culvert which is visible during the day but not on a dark night - duty of care - whether duty of care breached - nature and extent of any obligation of the defendant to trespassers using the pathway at night - whether drain structure an obvious risk - contributory negligence - damages
LEGISLATION CITED: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), ss 5B, 5C, 5D, 5F, 5H, 5I, 5G and 5S
Australian Safeway Stores v Zaluzna (1987) 162 CLR 479 Carey v Lake Macquarie City Council (2007) Aust Torts Reports 81-874; [2007] NSWCA 4 Doubleday v Kelly [2005] NSWCA 151 Edson v Roads & Traffic Authority (2006) 65 NSWLR 453 Fallas v Mourlas (2006) 65 NSWLR 418; (2006) Aust Torts Reports 81-835; [2006] NSWCA 32 Miller v Galderisi [2009] NSWCA 353 New South Wales v Broune [2000] NSWCA 3 Perrett v Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority; Wine & Vine Personnel Pty Ltd v Same [2009] NSWSC 1026 Phillis v Daly (1988) 15 NSWLR 65 CASES CITED: Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW v Dederer (2007) 81 ALJR 1773 Russell v Rail Infrastructure Corporation [2007] NSWSC 402 Schubert v Lee (1946) 71 CLR 589 State of NSW v Moss (2000) 54 NSWLR 536 Stojan (No 9) Pty Ltd v Kenway [2009] NSWCA 364 Sutherland Shire Council v Henshaw [2004] NSWCA 386 Talbot-Price v Jacobs [2008] NSWSC 189 Temora Shire Council v Stein (2004) 134 LGERA 407; [2004] NSWCA 236 Thompson v Woolworths (Queensland) Pty Ltd (2005) 221 CLR 234; (2005) 214 ALR 452; (2005) 79 ALJR 904; (2005) Aust Torts Reports 81-795; [2005] HCA 19 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40; (1980) 60 LGRA 106; (1980) 29 ALR 217; (1980) 54 ALJR 283 Wyong Shire Council v Vairy; Mulligan v Coffs Harbour City Council (2004) Aust Torts Reports 81-754; [2004] NSWCA 247
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