NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2001) 21 NSWCCR 389
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Daw v Toyworld (NSW) Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 25 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40427/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 2 February 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 February 2001
PARTIES : Terrence Mervyn Daw (Appellant) Toyworld (NSW) Pty Ltd (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Priestley JA at 1; Sheller JA at 2; Heydon JA at 3
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT DC 2502/98 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Mahoney DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : G B Hall QC/A J Lidden (Appellant) M J Neil QC/G J Bellew (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Brydens (Appellant) Bruce & Stewart (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Evidence - Credibility of plaintiff in personal injury claim - Whether new trial should be ordered - Whether trial judge erred - Whether substantial wrong or miscarriage occasioned by errors of trial judge - Documents of unknown origin - Lack of objection to tender of evidence - Unproven doctor's history as part of expert evidence - Supreme Court Rules Pt 51 r 25 - Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 55(1), 56(2) and 60. ND - LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 Devries v Australian National Railways Commission (1993) 177 CLR 472 National Australia Bank Ltd v Rusu (1999) 47 NSWLR 309 CASES CITED: Ramsey v Watson (1961) 108 CLR 642 R v Masters (1992) 26 NSWLR 450 R v O'Halloran [2000] NSWCCA 528 R v Welsh (1996) 90 A Crim R 364 DECISION : Appeal dismissed; the appellant is to pay the responent's costs of the appeal
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