NSW Caselaw
New South Wales District Court
CITATION: Stanford v Chester Hill Bowling & Recreational Club Ltd [2006] NSWDC 198
HEARING DATE(S): 28, 29 and 30 June 2006
JUDGMENT DATE: 3 August 2006
JUDGMENT OF: Johnstone DCJ at 1
DECISION: Judgment for plaintiff for $2,390.75; Defendant to pay plaintiff's costs as agreed or assessed on the ordinary basis
CATCHWORDS: Negligence - occupiers liability - defective chair in clubhouse - foreseeable risk - inadequate system of inspection - Damages - plaintiff fails to meet the thresholds required for damages in respect of non-economic loss and for domestic assistance
LEGISLATION CITED: Civil Liability Act 2002: s 15 and s 16
Brady v Girvan Bros Pty Ltd (1986) 7 NSWLR 241at 256B-C Caledonian Collieries Ltd v Speirs [1957] HCA 14 at [12] Commonwealth v McLean (1997) 41 NSWLR 389 at 410 Fenton v Van Gervan (1992) 175 CLR 327 Geaghan v D'Aubert [2002] NSWCA 260 Griffiths v Kerkemeyer (1977) 139 CLR 161 Holloway v McFeeters (1956) 94 CLR 470 at [10] CASES CITED: Richard Evans & Co Ltd v Astley (1911) AC 674 at 687 Romeo v Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory [1998] HCA 5 at [128] Rose v Abbey Orchard Property Investments Pty Ltd (1987) Aust Torts Reports 80-121 at 68,928 Schneider v Hoechst Schering Agrevo Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 102 Seltsam Pty Ltd v McGuiness [2000] NSWCA 29 at [83] – [91] Thomson v Bankstown Corporation (1953) 87 CLR 619 at 630 Timberland Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Bundy [2005] NSWCA 419 at 35] – [36]. Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1979-80) 48 CLR 40 at 47-8
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