NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Van-Der Sluice v Display Craft P/L [2000] NSWSC 1174 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20959/97 HEARING DATE(S) : 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 April 2000 & 13, 14, 15, 16 June 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 December 2000
Benjamin Van-Der Sluice (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Display Craft Pty Limited Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison
Mr M Cranitch SC with Mr H Marshall (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : Mr J Maconachie QC with Mr F Doak (Defendant) Mr C Poulden of Beilby Poulden Costello (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Mr P Turk of P W Turk & Associates (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Personal injury - fall from a ladder - independent contractor/employee - damages LEGISLATION CITED : Workers Compensation Act 1987 Astley & Ors v Austrust Limited (1998-99) 197 CLR 1 Hendersoin v Merrett Syndicates Ltd [1995] 2 AC 145 Boral Roof Tiles Limited v O'Brien (NSWCA, 2 December 1994, unreported) Hetherington v Mirvac Pty Ltd & Ors [1999] NSWSC 443 Papatonakis v Australian Telecommunications Commission (1985) 156 CLR 7 CASES CITED : Christmas v General Cleaning Contractor Ltd [1952] 1 KB 141 Bates v Parker [1953] 2 QB 231 Pinborough v Minister for Agriculture (1974) 7 SASR 493 Froom b Butcher [1976] QB 298 Malec v J C Hutton Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 638 Van Gervan v Fenton (1992) 175 CLR 327 Sullivan v Gordon (1999) 47 NSWLR 319 DECISION : See para 135
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