Green Leisure Group Pty Ltd & Anor v Maguire [2001] NSWCA 384

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Green Leisure Group Pty Ltd & Anor v Maguire [2001] NSWCA 384 revised - 2/11/2001 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40499/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 28 August 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 November 2001

Green Leisure Group Pty Ltd - First Appellant PARTIES : Brian Beatsen - Second Appellant Sean Andrew Maguire - Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Giles JA at 1; Hodgson JA at 37; Ipp AJA at 38

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 298/99 (Parramatta) FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Delaney DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : J Hislop QC & B Smith - Appellants D Cassidy QC & C Burge - Respondent SOLICITORS : W R Harvey & Associates, Parramatta - Appellants Grech Partners, Blacktown - Respondent CATCHWORDS : PERSONAL INJURY - adequacy of reasons - preference for evidence of plaintiff and his father - but much other evidence against plaintiff's account - failure adequately to deal with the other evidence - new trial ordered. D Beale v Government Insurance Office of NSW (1977) 48 NSWLR 430; CASES CITED: BHP Steel (JLA) Pty Ltd v Khan (No 2) (2001) NSWCA 269; Devries v Ausralian National Railways Commission (1993) 177 CLR 472; Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 75 ALJR 734. DECISION : (1) Appeal allowed; (2) Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff set aside; (3) Order that the respondent pay to the appellants the $75,000 paid under the judgment; (4) Proceedings remitted to the District Court for a new trial; (5) Respondent pay the appellants' costs of the appeal and to have a certificate under the Suitors Fund Act if qualified; costs of the trial to be in the discretion of the judge conducting the new trial.