TAYLOR v CANTERBURY MUNICIPAL COUNCIL & ORS [2000] NSWSC 1093

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : TAYLOR v CANTERBURY MUNICIPAL COUNCIL & ORS [2000] NSWSC 1093 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20387/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 08/11/99, 09/11/99, 10/11/99, 11/11/99, 12/11/99, 15/11/99, 16/11/99, 17/11/99, 18/11/99, 19/11/99, 19/06/00, 20/06/00, 21/06/00, 22/06/00, 26/06/00, 27/06/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 December 2000

William Roy Taylor - Plaintiff Canterbury Municipal Council - 1st Defendant PARTIES : Christopher John Keogh - 2nd Defendant New South Wales Touch Association - 3rd Defendant Karen Benedet as Executrix of the Estate of Franco Benedet - 4th Defendant Glen Trudgett - Cross-Defendant JUDGMENT OF : Barr J at 1

GB Hall QC / F Chan - Plaintiff G Little - 1st Defendant COUNSEL : D Fagan SC - 2nd and 3rd Defendants R Tonner - 4th Defendant S Finnane - Cross-Defendant Makinson & d'Apice - Plaintiff Moray & Agnew - 1st Defendant SOLICITORS : Phillips Fox - 2nd and 3rd Defendants Bartier Perry - 4th Defendant Shaw McDonald - Cross-Defendant CATCHWORDS : Negligence - responsibility of Council for management of velodrome Bunyan v Jordan (1936-1937) 57 CLR 1 Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Limited (1994) 179 CLR 520 Car and General Insurance Corporation Limited v Seymour [1956] 2 DLR 369 Crimmins v Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee [1999] HCA 59 Jaensch v Coffey (1983-1984) 155 CLR 549 CASES CITED : Havenaar v Havenaar [1982] 1 NSWLR 626 Morgan v Tame [2000] NSWCA 121 Parramatta City Council v Lutz (1988) 12 NSWLR 293 Pyrenees Shire Council v Day (1998) 192 CLR 330 Newcastle Entertainment Security Pty Limited v Simpson [1999] NSWCA 351 Sutherland Shire Council v Heyman (1984-1985) 157 CLR 424 Wilson v Darling Island Stevedoring Co (1955) 95 CLR 43 DECISION : See paras 88, 95, 100, 105, 241, 242 and 243