Tamworth Base Hospital & Anor v Durant [2000] NSWCA 209

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Tamworth Base Hospital & Anor v Durant [2000] NSWCA 209 revised - 30/04/2007 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40033/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 5/6 October 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 8 August 2000

PARTIES : Tamworth Base Hospital, A.W.Oliver and G. Russell as Executors of the Estate of the late Bryant Lewis Bedville v Terence Paul Durant JUDGMENT OF : Priestley JA at 1; Handley JA at 60; Fitzgerald JA at 167

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT CLD 11919/80 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Murray AJ and Master Greenwood JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Appellant - P.L.G. Brereton SC Respondent - J.D. Hislop QC / R. Stanton SOLICITORS : Appellant - Blake Dawson Waldron Respondent - Brock Partners CATCHWORDS : Professional negligence (medical) - Appeal attacking judge's fact finding LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Accidents Act Abalos v Australian Postal Commission (1990) 171 CLR 167 Allen v Sir Alfred McAlpine & Sons Ltd [1968] 2 QB 229 CA Birkett v James [1978] AC 297 Boland v Yates Property Corporation Pty Ltd (1999) 74 ALJR 209 Bourke v MacNeil [2000] NSWCA 144 Bunning v Cross (1978) 141 CLR 54 Commonwealth v Verwayen (1990) 170 CLR 394 Crowley v Glissan (1905) 2 CLR 402 Fowkes v Parker [1999] NSWCA 442 In the Will of Gilbert (1946) 46 SR (NSW) 318 Hitchcock v Cameron [1977] 1 NZLR 85 Karabotsos v Plastex Industries Pty Ltd [1981] VR 675 Kiama Constructions Pty Ltd v Davey (1996) 40 NSWLR 639 CASES CITED: Liaweena (NSW) Pty Ltd v McWilliams Wines Pty Ltd (CA, unreported, 5/12/90) March v E. & M.H. Stramare Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 506 Meng Leong Development Pte Ltd v Jip Hong Trading Co Pte Ltd National Employers Mutual General Insurance Association Ltd v Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Ltd (1989) 17 NSWLR 223 Naxakis v Western General Hospital (1999) 197 CLR 269 Plunkett v Bull (1915) 19 CLR 544 Ramton v Cassin (1995) 38 NSWLR 88 Roebuck v Mungovin [1994] 2 AC 224 Rogers v Whitaker (1992) 175 CLR 479 SRA (NSW) v Earthline Constructions Pty Ltd (1999) 73 ALJR 306 Stollznow v Calvert [1980] 2 NSWLR 749 Suttor v Gundowda Pty Ltd (1950) 81 CLR 418 VACC Insurance Ltd v B P Australia Ltd (1999) 47 NSWLR 716 Whittaker v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1998) 153 ALR 334 DECISION : Appeal allowed.