NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : [2000] 32 MVR 138
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Gillgall Property Holdings & Anor v Langby & Anor [2000] NSWCA 328 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40336/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 3 November 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 November 2000
Gillgall Property Holdings Pty Ltd and Leslie John Bryant (Appellants)
v PARTIES : Glenn Ronald Langby (First Respondent)
The State of New South Wales (Second Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Powell JA at 1; Fitzgerald JA at 2; Davies AJA at 3
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 7933/98 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Phegan DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
As: Mr R R Bartlett SC COUNSEL : 1R: Mr B M J Toomey QC 2R: Ms K E Burke As: Hunt & Hunt SOLICITORS : 1R: Wilson Fardell & Moore (Orange) 2R: I V Knight, Crown Solicitor CATCHWORDS : Negligence - Personal Injury - escort of overdimension vehicle by police car - whether police officer negligent in permitting overdimension vehicle to be driven at night - apportionment of negligence - contributory negligence - damages - no point of principle. LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Traffic Regulations 1935, reg 59 Motor Accidents Act 1988, s 79 CASES CITED: Southgate v Waterford (1990) 21 NSWLR 427 DECISION : Appeal and cross-appeal dismissed with costs.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL
CA 40336/99 DC 7933/98
POWELL JA FITZGERALD JA DAVIES AJA
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