NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Zhang v Regie Nationale des Usines Renault SA & Anor [2000] NSWCA 188 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40896/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 28 April 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 27 July 2000
Fuzu Zhang (Claimant) PARTIES : Regie Nationale des Usines Renault SA (First Opponent) Renault Automobiles SA (Second Opponent) JUDGMENT OF : Beazley JA at 1; Stein JA at 2; Giles JA at 54
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Common Law Division LOWER COURT CLD 20016/94 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Smart J JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : R F Margo (Claimant) R A Conti QC/A S Bell (First and Second Opponents) SOLICITORS : T D Kelly & Co (Claimant) Connery & Partners, Solicitors (First and Second Opponents) CATCHWORDS : PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW - tort - clearly inappropriate forum - choice of law - lex loci delicti - lexi fori - double actionability rule - D Breavington v Godleman (1988) 169 CLR 41 C E Heath Underwriting & Insurance (Australia) Pty Ltd v Barden (Supreme Court, 19 October 1994, unreproted) David Syme & Co Ltd v Grey (1992) 38 FCR 303 Gardner v Wallace (1995) 184 CLR 95 Henry v Henry (1996) 185 CLR 571 James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd v Hall (1998) 43 NSWLR 554 James Hardie Industries Pty Ltd v Grigor (1998) 45 NSWLR 20 John Pfeiffer Pty Limited v Rogerson [2000] HCA 36 Kolsky v Mayne Nickless (1970) 72 SR (NSW) 437 Lazarus v Deutsche Lufthansa AG (1985) 1 NSWLR 188 CASES CITED: Mason v Murray's Charter Coaches and Travel Services Pty Ltd (1999) 159 ALR 45 McKain v R W Miller & Co (South Australia) Pty Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 1 Nalpantidis v Stark (1995) 65 SASR 454 Oceanic Sun Line Special Shipping Co Inc v Fay (1988) 165 CLR 197 Phillips v Eyre (1870) LR 6 QB 1 Spiliada Maritime Corp v Cansulex Ltd [1987] AC 460 Stevens v Head (1993) 176 CLR 433 Thompson v Hill (1995) 38 NSWLR 714 Voth v Manildra Flour Mills Pty Ltd (1990) 171 CLR 538 Walker v W A Pickles Pty Ltd [1980] 2 NSWLR 281 W F Motors Pty Ltd v Maydwell (Supreme Court, 23 April 1993, unreported) Wilson v Nattrass (1995) 21 MVR 41 DECISION : See paragraph 53
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