NSW Caselaw
New South Wales District Court
CITATION: Walden v Black [2007] NSWDC 98
HEARING DATE(S): 26/03/07 - 30/03/07
JUDGMENT DATE: 2 May 2007
JURISDICTION: Civil
JUDGMENT OF: Goldring DCJ
DECISION: Verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,305,306.
CATCHWORDS: Compensation to Relatives - loss of domestic services performed without payment - accelerated benefits - jointly occupied property
Compensation to Relatives Act 1897 LEGISLATION CITED: Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 Workers' Compensation Act 1987
Henry v Perry [1964] VR 174 Henderson v Oswald [1965] WAR 54 Husher v Husher (1999) 197 CLR 138 Cape Distribution Ltd v O'Loughlin [2001] EWCA Civ 178 De Sales v Ingrilli (2002) 212 CLR 338 RTA v Jelfs (1999) NSWCA 179 Singer v Berghouse (1994) 181 CLR 201 Nguyen v Nguyen (1990) 169 CLR 245 CASES CITED: Rowe v Scanlan (1969) 1 NSWR 43 Naum v Nominal Defendant (1974) 2 NSWLR 143 Tripodi v Leonello (1982) 31 SASR 9 Targett v Targett (2001) 9 Tas R 234 Gillett v Nominal Defendant (1976) 2 NSWLR 65 Budget Renta-a-Car Systems Pty Ltd v Van der Kemp (1984) 3 NSWLR 303 Wright v Johnston (1980) 23 SASR 198 Horton v Byrne (1956) 30 ALJR 583 Peipman v Turner (1960) [1961] NSWR 252
PARTIES: Edwin Peter Walden (Plaintiff) Barry Gordon Black (Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S): 5690 of 2006
COUNSEL: B. Gross QC with T. Boyd (Plaintiff) K. Rewell SC with B. Smith (Defendant)
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