NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Connors v Simplot Pty Limited [2001] NSWCA 205 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40990/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 22 March 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 29 June 2001
PARTIES : Terrence James Connors Simplot Australia Pty Limited t/as Herbert Adams Bakeries JUDGMENT OF : Priestley JA at 1; Powell JA at 2; Beazley JA at 3
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 92/98 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Delaney DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Appellant: BM Toomey QC/G R Graham Respondent: J Hislop QC/A McInerney SOLICITORS : Appellant: Bell & Partners Respondent: Moray & Agnew CATCHWORDS : Workers Compensation - Negligence - Employer and Employee - Duty of Care - Safe System of Work - Breach of Duty - Causation LEGISLATION CITED : Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW): ss 151B, 151M Suitors' Fund Act 1951 (NSW) Vozza v Tooth & Co Limited (1964) 112 CLR 316 Nair v Health Administration Corporation (1994) Aust Torts Rep 81-312 Fox v Wood (1981) 148 CLR 438 Nagle v Rottnest Island Authority (1993) 177 CLR 423 CASES CITED: Romeo v Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory (1998) 192 CLR 431 Bankstown Foundry Pty Limited v Braistina (1986) 160 CLR 301 Morgan v Shenton Pty Ltd (1999) 46 NSWLR 141 McLean v Tedman (1984) 155 CLR 306 Ahmedi v Ahmedi (1991) 23 NSWLR 288 DECISION : Appeal Allowed
THE SUPREME COURT
OF NEW SOUTH WALES
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