Wallaby Grip Limited & Anor v Peirce & Ors;James Hardie & Coy Pty Limited v Peirce [2000] NSWCA 299

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Wallaby Grip Limited & Anor v Peirce & Ors;James Hardie & Coy Pty Limited v Peirce [2000] NSWCA 299 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40884/99; 40887/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 20 September 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 27 October 2000

PARTIES : Wallaby Grip Limited and Wallaby Grip (BAE Pty Limited (In Liquidation) v Floyd Robert Peirce; F.R. Coule Pty Limited; James Hardie & Coy Pty Limited James Hardie & Coy Pty Limited v Floyd Robert Peirce JUDGMENT OF : Priestley JA at 1; Handley JA at 38; Fitzgerald JA at 39

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Dust Diseases Tribunal LOWER COURT DDT 195/96 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Armitage J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

CA 40884 Appellants (1 & 2) - F.M. Douglas QC / D.E. Graham Respondent (1) - A.J. Leslie QC / A.O. Leslie COUNSEL : Respondent (2) - G. Little Respondent (3) - J.D. Hislop QC / J.S. Drummond CA 40887 Appellant - J.D. Hislop QC / J.S. Drummond Respondent - A.J. Leslie QC / A.O. Leslie Appellants (1 & 2) - Middleton Moore & Bevins Respondent (1) - Turner Freeman Respondent (2) - Connery & Partners SOLICITORS : Respondent (3) - Phillips Fox CA 40887/99 Appellant - Phillips Fox Respondent - Turner Freeman CATCHWORDS : Appeal under section 32 of the Dust Diseases Tribunal Act - point of law LEGISLATION CITED : Dust Diseases Tribunal Act as amended 1998 AG for New South Wales v X [2000] NSW CA 199 Australian Gas Light Co v Valuer General (1940) 40 SR 126 Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Ltd (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 CASES CITED: Coal and Allied Operations Pty Ltd v Australian Industrial Relations Commission (2000) 74 ALJR 1348 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Husher v Husher (1999) 73 ALJR 1414 Planet Fisheries Pty Ltd v La Rosa (1968) 119 CLR 118 Warley Pty Ltd v ADCO Constructions Pty Ltd (Court of Appeal, 30/11/l988) DECISION : Appeals dismissed with costs.