Howlett v Campion & Anor. [2000] NSWCA 22

Reported Decision : [2000] 30 MVR 393

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Howlett v Campion & Anor. [2000] NSWCA 22 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40468/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 23 February 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 29 February 2000

Daniel Oliver Howlett (Appellant) PARTIES : Phillip Matthew Campion (First Respondent) Albury City Council (Second Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; Stein JA at 2; Heydon JA at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT CLR 400100/96 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Newman J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

Appellant - C Branson QC/D Conti COUNSEL : First Respondent - J Poulos QC/R Seton Second Respondent - D Nock SC Appellant - Robb & Associates SOLICITORS : First Respondent - Abbott Tout Second Respondent - Phillips Fox CATCHWORDS : APPEAL - road accident - damages - contributory negligence of plaintiff - apportionment of fault - no causative link between road design and accident - assessment of damages - proportion of most extreme case - past and future economic loss - difference in value between unimpaired capacity and impaired capacity - D LEGISLATION CITED : General Traffic Act 1909 Motor Accidents Act 1988 Government Insurance Office of New South Wales v Jackson (unreported, 13 April 1994) Graham v Baker (1961) 106 CLR 340 Matijevic v Khoury (NSWCA, unreported, 26 April 1978) CASES CITED: Medlin v State Government Insurance Commission (1995) 182 CLR 1 Phillips v London and South Western Railway Co (1879) 5 CPD 280 Podrebersek v Australian Iron and Steel Pty Ltd (1985) 59 ALJR 492 Schieb v Abbott (1998) 27 MVR 285 DECISION : See paragraph 35