TIUFINO v WARLAND [2000] NSWCA 110

Reported Decision : 50 NSWLR 104

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : TIUFINO v WARLAND [2000] NSWCA 110 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40889/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 9 March 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 3 May 2000

TERESITA TIUFINO PARTIES : v RHONWEN WARLAND JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Handley JA at 2; Powell JA at 52

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Common Law Division LOWER COURT 10174/94 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Dowd J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Dr A S Morrison SC/S M Kettle (Appellant) D F Jackson QC/ A R Ashburner (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Stacks The Law Firm (Appellant) Ferguson Holz (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : RES JUDICATA - issue estoppel - motor vehicle accident - concurrent proceedings raising common issues pending in an inferior and superior court - proceedings between same parties for property damage determined in Local Court before proceedings for personal injury heard in Supreme Court - whether issues the same - whether single duty of care - effect of no contributory negligence finding - no special circumstances displacing issue estoppel - whether abuse of process Local Courts (Civil Claims) Act 1970 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1965 (NSW) Symonds v Dimsdale (1848) 2 Ex 533 [154 ER 603] Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378 R v Middlesex JJ ex parte Bond [1933] 1 KB 72 In re Harris (1936) 37 SR (NSW) 17 Kaye v Kaye [1965] P 100 Lanitis v Lanitis [1970] 1 WLR 503 Boyd v Halstead ex parte Halstead [1985] 2 Qd R 249 National Employers Mutual General Insurance Association Ltd v Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Ltd (1989) 17 NSWLR 223 Jackson v Goldsmith (1950) 81 CLR 446 Noall v Middleton [1961] VR 285 Ramsay v Pigram (1968) 118 CLR 271 Azzopardi v Bois [1968] VR 183 Bollen v Hickson [1981] Qd R 249 FC Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464 Ex parte The Amalgamated Engineering Union (Australian Section) Re Jackson (1937) 38 SR (NSW) 13 Marginson v Blackburn BC [1939] 2 KB 426 CASES CITED: Arnold v National Westminster Bank plc [1991] 2 AC 93 O'Toole v Charles David Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 232 Linsley v Petrie [1998] 1 VR 427 CA Hunter v Chief Constable [1982] AC 529 Wall v Radford [1991] 2 All ER 741 Craddocks Transport Ltd v Stewart [1970] NZLR 499 Talbot v Berkshire CC [1994] QB 290 CA Bollen v Hickson [1981] Qd R 249 Webb v Davey [1982] Qd R 356 Brunsden v Humphrey (1884) 14 QBD 141 Thoday v Thoday [1964] P 181 CA Jackson v Goldsmith (1950) 81 CLR 446 Clyne v Yardley [1959] NZLR 617 Shaw v Sloan [1982] NI 393 CA Barisic v Devenport [1978] 2 NSWLR 111 CA O'Connell v Jackson [1972] 1 QB 270 CA Reichel v Magrath (1889) 14 App Cas 665 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs