NSW Caselaw
New South Wales District Court
CITATION: Perkins v Redmond Company Pty Ltd [2007] NSWDC 147
HEARING DATE(S): 14-18, 28-31 May, 1 June 2007
JUDGMENT DATE: 13 July 2007
JURISDICTION: Civil
JUDGMENT OF: Rein SC DCJ
DECISION: See [186].
CATCHWORDS: NEGLIGENCE - Altercation between two patrons on licensed premises resulting in injury to plaintiff - Whether licensee failed to provide adequate security at the premises - Content of duty of licensee - Relevance of non-compliance with conditions imposed on Place of Public Entertainment licence - Whether duty of care delegated to security company - Causation - Contributory negligence - Assessment of damages
Civil Liability Act 2002, ss 5B, 5C, 5D LEGISLATION CITED: Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946, s 5 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1965, s 9 Liquor Act 1982, s 125
Abela v Giew [1965] NSWR 913; (1965) 65 SR (NSW) 485 Blatch v Archer (1774) 1 Cowp 63; 98 ER 969 Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 Chappel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232; [1998] HCA 55 Chordas v Bryant (Wellington) Pty Ltd (1988) 20 FCR 91 Cole v South Tweed Heads Rugby League Football Club Ltd (2004) 217 CLR 469; [2004] HCA 29 Collingwood Hotel Pty Ltd v O'Reilly [2007] NSWCA 155 Hampton Court Ltd v Crooks (1957) 97 CLR 367 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Joslyn v Berryman (2003) 214 CLR 552; 198 ALR 137; [2003] HCA 34 Kirby v Sanderson Motors Pty Ltd (2002) 54 NSWLR 135; [2002] NSWCA 44 Leichhardt Municipal Council v Montgomery (2007) 233 ALR 200; [2007] HCA 6 CASES CITED: Manly Council v Byrne [2004] NSWCA 123 Medlin v State Government Insurance Commission (1995) 182 CLR 1; [1995] HCA 5 Modbury Triangle Shopping Centre Pty Ltd v Anzil (2000) 205 CLR 254; [2000] HCA 61 Newcastle Entertainment Security Pty Ltd v Simpson (1999) Aust Torts Reports 81-528; [1999] NSWCA 351 Oxlade v Gosbridge Pty Ltd (NSWCA, 18/12/1998, unreported, BC9807725) Payne v Parker [1976] 1 NSWLR 191 Proprietors of Strata Plan 17226 v Drakulic (2002) 55 NSWLR 659; [2002] NSWCA 381 Scalise v Bezzina [2003] NSWCA 362 Spedding v Nobles [2007] NSWCA 29 Sweeney v Boylan Nominees Pty Ltd (2006) 227 ALR 46; [2006] HCA 19 Vairy v Wyong Shire Council (2005) 223 CLR 422; 221 ALR 711; [2005] HCA 62 Wagstaff v Haslam [2007] NSWCA 28 Water Board v Moustakas (1988) 180 CLR 491 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40
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