NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES v SEEDSMAN [2000] NSWCA 119 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40918/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 31 August 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 May 2000
PARTIES : State of New South Wales Beth Louise Seedsman JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Mason P at 152; Meagher JA at 170
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT DC 7835/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Goldring DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : M Finnane QC / V Hartstein (Appellant) M Joseph SC / E Romaniuck (Respondent) SOLICITORS : I V Knight Crown Solicitor (Appellant) Oates & Smith (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : NEGLIGENCE - Foreseeability of harm - Psychiatric injury foreseesable - NEGLIGENCE - Employer's duty to employee - Psychiatric injury - No requirement of shock Adelaide Stevedoring Co Ltd v Forst (1940) 64 CLR 538 Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1992] 1 AC 310 Arnold v Midwest Radio Ltd (1999) EOC 92-965 Aston v Imperial Chemical Industries Group (High Court, 21 May 1992, unreported) Bankstown Foundry Pty Ltd v Braistina (1986) 160 CLR 301 Crimmins v Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee (1999) 74 ALJR 1 Frost v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1998] QB 254 Gallagher v The Queensland Corrective Services (Supreme Court Queensland, 30 July 1998, unreported) Gillespie v Commonwealth of Australia (1991) 105 FLR 196 Jaensch v Coffey (1984) 155 CLR 549 CASES CITED: Johnstone v Bloomsbury Area Health Authority [1992] QB 333 Midwest Radio Ltd v Arnold (1999) EOC 92-970 Morgan v Tame [2000] NSWCA 121 Mount Isa Mines Ltd v Pusey (1970) 125 CLR 383 Petch v Customs and Excise Commissioners [1993] IRC 789 Schellenberg v Tunnel Holdings Pty Ltd [2000] HCA 18 Vernon v Bosley (No 1) [1997] 1 All ER 577 Walker v Northumberland County Council [1995] 1 All ER 737 White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1999] 2 AC 455 Wodrow v Commonwealth (1993) 45 FCR 52 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs
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