NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : [2000] 48 NSWLR 679 [2000] 19 NSWCCR 679
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : James Hardie v Wyong Shire Council [2000] NSWCA 107 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40464/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 31 March 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 2 May 2000
PARTIES : James Hardie & Coy Pty Limited v Wyong Shire Council JUDGMENT OF : Handley JA at 1; Giles JA at 27; Heydon JA at 46
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Dust Diseases Tribunal LOWER COURT DDT 119/96 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Armitage J JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : CC Gee QC/TGR Parker (Appellant) JD Hislop QC/G Seib (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Phillips Fox (Appellant) McCulloch & Buggy (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : JOINT & CONCURRENT TORTFEASORS - CONTRIBUTION - WHETHER CONTRIBUTION INCLUDES COSTS PAYABLE TO PLAINTIFF - LAW REFORM (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1946 (NSW), s5 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 (NSW) Dust Diseases Tribunal Act 1989 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Courts Legislation Amendment Act 1998 (NSW) Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 Lord Cairns' Act 1858 Suitors Fund Act 1951 (NSW) Wilkinson v Rea Ltd [1941] 1 KB 688 CA, 704-5 Jerred v T Roddam Dent & Son Ltd [1948] 2 All ER 104 Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd v Duffy (1943) 16 ALJ 374 A V Jennings Construction Pty Ltd v Maumill (1956) 30 ALJ 100 Soblusky v Egan (1960) 103 CLR 215 Chapman v Hearse (1961) 106 CLR 112 Voli v Inglewood Shire Council (1963) 110 CLR 74 Commissioner for Government Transport v Bitumen & Oil Refineries (Australia) Ltd (1953) 54 SR (NSW) 1 Sinclair v William Arnott Pty Ltd (1963) 64 SR (NSW) 88 Barisic v Devenport [1978] 2 NSWLR 111 Brazendale v Kenna [1961] Tas SR 199 FC, 202 Sherras v Van der Maat [1989] 1 Qd R 114 Hanson v Matthew Bros Contractors Ltd (1991) 55 SASR 183 Richard West & Partners (Inverness) Ltd v Dick [1969] 2 Ch 424 The Millwall [1905] P 155 CA, 174 CASES CITED: Albion Insurance Co Ltd v Government Insurance Office of New South Wales (1969) 121 CLR 348 Commercial and General Insurance Co Ltd v Government Insurance Office (1973) 129 CLR 374 Dillingham Constructions Pty Ltd v Steel Mains Pty Ltd (1975) 132 CLR 323 Trustees Executors & Agency Co Ltd v Reilly (1941) VLR 110 State Government Insurance Office (Queensland) v Crittenden (1966) 117 CLR 412 McDowell v Baker (1979) 144 CLR 413 Merryweather v Nixan (1799) 8 TR 186; 101 ER 1337 Fitzpatrick v Waterstreet, NSW CA, 17/12/98 unrep Floreani Bros Pty v Woolscourers (SA) Pty Ltd (1976) 13 SASR 313 Whitham v Bullock (1939) 2 All ER 310 Bonner v Tottenham & Edmonton Permanent Investment Building Society (1899) 1 QB 161 Morgan Equipment Company v Rodgers (1993) 32 NSWLR 467 Leigh-Mardon Pty Ltd v Wawn (1995) 17 ACSR 741 Catt v Coveyduck [1950] OWN 176 Colonial Coach Lines Ltd v Bennett (1967) 66 DLR (2d) 396 Stewart v London Transport Commission (1968) 1 DLR (3d) 550 Smith v Bray (Wickham, Third Party) (1939) 56 TLR 200 DECISION : Leave to appeal granted - orders made
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