NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2000) Aust Torts Reports 81-591
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Sherson & Associates Pty Ltd v Bailey & Ors [2000] NSWCA 275 revised - 23/10/2000 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40845/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 26 September 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 October 2000
Sherson & Associates Pty Ltd (Appellant) PARTIES : Stephen Floyd Bailey (1st Respondent) Baileys Diesel Services Pty Ltd (2nd Respondent) Redebi Pty Ltd trading as PR Design Co (3rd Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Priestley JA at 1; Fitzgerald JA at 5; Heydon JA at 44
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Common Law Division LOWER COURT CL 55022/98 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Santow J JUDICIAL OFFICER :
Mr A J Sullivan QC/Ms E A Cheeseman (Appellant) COUNSEL : Mr I D Faulkner (1st and 2nd Respondents) Mr G P McNally (3rd Respondent) Corrs Chambers Westgarth (Appellant) SOLICITORS : Henry Davis York (1st and 2nd Respondents) Colin Biggers Paisley (3rd Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Torts - negligence - economic loss - causation - novus actus interveniens - failure to mitigage loss - aggravation of loss - contributory negligence - reasonableness of failure to remedy building defect - Torts - negligence - limitation - knowledge of damage - capacity, with reasonable diligence, to discover damage - Limitation Act 1969 ss 14 and 63 - Practice and procedure - pleadings - defence - amendment applied for after close of evidence - D LEGISLATION CITED : Limitation Act 1969 Driver v War Services Homes Commissioner (1923) 44 ALT 130 TCN Channel 9 Pty Ltd v Hayden Enterprises Pty Ltd (1989) 16 NSWLR 130 The Soholt [1983] 1 Lloyd's Rep 605 In re a Solicitor [1945] KB 368 Adams v Eta Foods Ltd (1987) 78 ALR 611 Plenty v Argus [1975] WAR 155 Hawkins v Clayton (1988) 164 CLR 539 Pullen v Gutteridge Askins & Davey Pty Ltd [1993] 1 VR 27 Pirelli General Cable Works Ltd v Oscar Faber & Partners [1983] 2 AC 1 Cartledge v E Jopling & Sons Ltd [1963] AC 758 Djordjevic v Australian Iron & Steel Ltd (No 2) [1966] 2 NSWLR 634 Pammet v Pawelski (1949) 79 CLR 406 Paff v Speed (1961) 105 CLR 549 CASES CITED: Todorovic v Waller (1981) 150 CLR 402 Sutherland Shire Council v Heyman (1985) 157 CLR 424 Bryan v Maloney (1995) 182 CLR 609 Backhouse v Bonomi (1861) 9 HL Cas 503 Darley Main Colliery Co v Mitchell (1886) 11 App Cas 127 Bowen v Paramount Builders Pty Ltd (1977) 1 NZLR 394 Mount Albert Borough Council v Johnson (1979) 2 NZLR 236 Jobbins v Capel Court Corporation Ltd (1989) 26 FCR 226 Magman International Pty Ltd (1991) 32 FCR 1 Sheldon v McBeath (1993) Aust Torts Reports 81-208 Registrar-General v Cleaver (1996) 41 NSWLR 713 Wardley v WA (1992) 175 CLR 514 Kenny & Good Pty Ltd v MGICA (1992) Ltd (1998) 163 ALR 611 Hetherington v Mirvac Pty Ltd (1999) Aust Torts Rep 81-514 DECISION : See para 103
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