McClure & Ors v Commonwealth of Australia [1999] NSWCA 392

New South Wales Court of Appeal CITATION : McClure & Ors v Commonwealth of Australia [1999] NSWCA 392 revised - 22/11/99 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40801/96; 40815/96; 40816/96; 40817/96 HEARING DATE(S) : 9 March 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 October 1999

Robert John McClure v The Commonwealth of Australia PARTIES : Tania Van der Horn v The Commonwealth of Australia Adrian Gregory Watson v The Commonwealth of Australia David Norman Green v The Commonwealth of Australia JUDGMENT OF : Priestley JA at 1; Beazley JA at 28; Fitzgerald JA at 29

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Common Law Division LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : CLD 14779/91; 14786/91; 14780/91; 14788/91 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Dowd J

Appellant (Van der Horn) - B.J. Gross QC/ D. Figgis COUNSEL : Appellants (McClure, Watson, Green) - B.J. Gross QC/T. Boyd Respondent - C.T. Barry QC/B.J. Skinner Appellant (Van der Horn) - Burridge Harris & Flynn SOLICITORS : Appellants (McClure, Watson, Green) - McIntosh, McPhillamy & Co Respondent - The Australian Government Solicitor CATCHWORDS : Negligence; Vicarious Liability Bugge v Brown (1919) 26 CLR 110, 118 Canterbury Bankstown Rugby League Football Club Ltd v Rogers; Bugden v Rogers [1993] Aust Torts Reports 81-246 (CA) Commonwealth of Australia v Connell (1986) 5 NSWLR 218 Coulthard & Ors v South Australia (Unreported) SA Full Court, 19/1/95 CASES CITED: Deatons Pty Ltd v Flew (1949) 79 CLR 370 Joel v Morrison [1834] 6 C&P 501,503 Kooragang Investments Pty Ltd v Richardson & Wrench Ltd (1981) 2 NSWLR 1 (PC) March v E & M H Stramare Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 506 Prior v State of New South Wales (Unreported) NSWCA, [1988] 633, 23/10/98 Tiger Nominees Pty Ltd v State Pollution Control Commission (1992) 25 NSWLR 715 (CA) DECISION : Appeals dismissed with costs.