NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : DROTEM PTY. LIMITED v. MANNING [2000] NSWCA 320 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40784/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 16/05/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 November 2000
PARTIES : DROTEM PTY. LIMITED (Appellant) JULIE RENEE MANNING (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Powell JA at 1; Beazley JA at 57; Stein JA at 58
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT DC 327/98 (Newcastle) FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Sidis DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : J.E. Sexton SC (Appellant) R.E. Montgomery (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Ebsworth & Ebsworth (Appellant) Stanger & Clarke (Newcastle) ( Respondent) CATCHWORDS : NEGLIGENCE - Occupiers liability - Dangerous premises - Invitees - Unusual danger - Sufficient that occupier knew or ought to have known facts tending to create danger - Doctor's surgery leased from defendant/appellant - Access from car park on defendant/appellants' property via ramp on defendant/appellants' property - Ramp steep and, when wet, slippery - Plaintiff/respondent injured when descending ramp in rain - Liability of defendant/appellant D DECISION : Appeal dismissed
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40784/99 DC 327/98 (Newcastle)
POWELL JA BEAZLEY JA STEIN JA
16 November 2000
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