Hadid v Redpath [2001] NSWCA 416

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Hadid v Redpath [2001] NSWCA 416 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40147/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 13 November 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 20 November 2001

PARTIES : Maroun Hadid (Appellant) Grant Redpath (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Stein JA at 1; Heydon JA at 2; Grove J at 63

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT DC 8110/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT English DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Mr P WebbQC/Mr P R Sternberg (Appellant) Mr C S Leahy (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Elias, Gates & Associates (Appellant) Carroll & O'Dea (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Courts and judicial system - Appeal - Adequacy of reasons - Motor Accidents - Whether trial judge adequately weighed evidence of both parties - Whether trial judge adequately addressed dilemmas posed by evidence - Whether inadequacy of reasons is substantial miscarriage of justice justifying new trial on liability - Supreme Court Rules Pt 51 rr 23(1) and 23(2) - Courts and judicial system - Judges - Delays in delivery of judgments - Discussion of delay in judgment delivery and effect on adequacy of reasons - Discussion of time pressures upon District Court judges - D LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Bishopsgate Investment Management Ltd v Maxwell [1993] BCC 120 Fleming v R (1998) 197 CLR 250 Goose v Wilson Sandford & Co (unreported, 13 February 1998) Hely-Hutchinson v Brayhead Ltd [1968] 1 QB 549 CASES CITED: R v Maxwell (unreported, 23 December 1998) Moylan v The Nutrasweet Co (unreported, 24 November 2000) New South Wales Medical Defence Union Ltd v Crawford (No 2) (unreported, 30 June 1994) Rolled Steel Ltd v British Steel Corporation [1986] Ch 246 Soulemezis v Dudley (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1987) 10 NSWLR 247 DECISION : See para 62