NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : STEVEDORING INDUSTRY FINANCE COMMITTEE v RONALD J GIBSON & 4 ORS [2000] NSWCA 179 revised - 27/07/2000 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40454/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 23, 24, 25 May 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 21 July 2000
PARTIES : THE STEVEDORING INDUSTRY FINANCE COMMITTEE v Ronald John GIBSON (1st Resp), PATRICK OPERATIONS PTY LTD (2nd Resp), STEVEDORING EMPLOYERS OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED (In Liq) (3rd Resp), CGU INSURANCE LIMITED (formerly NZI INSURANCE AUSTRALIA LIMITED) (4th Resp), THE ASSOCIATION OF EMPLOYERS OF WATERSIDE LABOUR (In Liq) (5th Resp) JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Stein JA at 162; Heydon JA at 163
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Dust Diseases Tribunal of NSW LOWER COURT DDT 89/96 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Curtis J JUDICIAL OFFICER :
Appellant: T Tobin QC/EA Cheeseman 1st Resp: T Hughes QC/D Letcher QC/A McSpedden COUNSEL : 2nd Resp: J D Hislop QC/ C Hoeben SC/ D Ferrari 3rd Resp: G J Parker 4th Resp: G Little/ S Marsh Appellant: Blake Dawson Waldron SOLICITORS : 1st Respondent: Turner Freeman 2nd Respondent: McCullough & Buggy 3rd & 4th Respondent: Church & Grace CATCHWORDS : Negligence - personal injury - asbestosis - stevedore - Crimmins duty of Australian Stevedoring Industry Authority - contribution - Sanderson costs order - failure to abandon hopeless grounds of appeal - D DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs. See also par 157.
THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40454/98 DDT 98/96
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