(1) Pope v Pantarotto (2) Pope v Pantarotto & Anor (3) The Nominal Defendant v Pantarotto & Anor [2001] NSWCA 378

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : (1) Pope v Pantarotto (2) Pope v Pantarotto & Anor (3) The Nominal Defendant v Pantarotto & Anor [2001] NSWCA 378 revised - 5/11/2001 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA (1) 40177/00; (2) CA 40178/00; (3) CA 40385/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 16 July 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 November 2001

Mark Stephen Pope (Appellant) v Mark Pantarotto (Respondent) PARTIES : Mark Stephen Pope (Appellant) v Mark Pantarotto (1 Respondent), the Nominal Defendant (2 Respondent) The Nominal Defendant (Appellant) v Mark Pantarotto (1 Respondent), Mark Stephen Pope (2 Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Priestley JA at 1; Powell JA at 9; Giles JA at 50

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT (1) DC 502/99 (Lismore); FILE NUMBER(S) : (2) (3) DC 94 (Lismore) formerly DC 7005/98 (Sydney) LOWER COURT Mahoney DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

R J Burbidge QC/D M Wilson (Mark Stephen Pope) COUNSEL : L King SC (The Nominal Defendant) H Halligan (Mark Pantarotto's Third Party Insurer) M J Joseph SC/R I Goodridge (Mark Pantarotto) Geoff Williams & Associates (Coolangatta) by their Town Agents, Verzace & Co (Mark Stephen Pope) SOLICITORS : Ferguson Holz (The Nominal Defendant) McMahons Lawyers (Brisbane) (Mark Pantarotto's Third Party Insurer) Firths (Mark Pantarotto) CATCHWORDS : NEGLIGENCE - motor vehicle accident - collision between two trail bikes travelling in opposite directions on fire trail in State Forest in Northern New South Wales - one trail bike (Pope) unregistered and uninsured - competing versions as to events leading to collision LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Accident Act 1988 CASES CITED: N/a DECISION : See para 49