NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : [2000] 31 MVR 362
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Dunnet v Brennan [2000] NSWCA 211 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40189/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 04/08/00 (Reasons for judgment given 11/08/00) JUDGMENT DATE : 4 August 2000
PARTIES : Robert Dunnet and David John Kerr (Appellants) Daniel Alexander Brennan (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Priestley JA at 1; Powell JA at 2; Fitzgerald JA at 3
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 9265/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Dent DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : J.R. Glissan QC / K.J. Kelleher (Appellant) C.E. O'Connor QC / C. Charteris (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Ferguson Holz (Appellant) Brennan Blair & Tipple (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Negligence - whether driver of vehicle negligent when he continued to drive with passenger on the roof - whether the percentage of contributory negligence apportioned by the trial judge was too low - whether the damages awarded for non-economic loss, economic loss, future economic loss and future care by the trial judge were excessive. - ND LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1965 Martin v Howard (1983) Tas.R. 188 CASES CITED: Wynbergen v Hoyts Corporation Pty Ltd (1997) 129 ALR 25 Podrebersek v Australian Iron and Steel Pty Ltd (1985) 59 ALJR 492 DECISION : Appeal dismissed, with costs
THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40189/99 DC 9265/97 PRIESTLEY JA POWELL JA FITZGERALD JA
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