RTA v CREMONA [2001] NSWCA 338

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : RTA v CREMONA [2001] NSWCA 338 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40652/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 19 September 2001 20 September 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 November 2001

PARTIES : Roads and Traffic Authority - Appellant Minna Maarit Cremona - Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Priestley JA at 1; Sheller JA at 2; Stein JA at 158

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Common Law Division LOWER COURT 75/94 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Dowd J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : C T Barry QC/A Porthouse - Appellant B M J Toomey QC/M Kumar - Respondent SOLICITORS : I V Knight - State Crown Solicitor - Appellant Riley, Gray-Spencer - Respondent CATCHWORDS : DAMAGES - Compensation to Relatives Act 1897 - high income medical practitioner - damages recoverable by wife and two children Compensation to Relatives Act 1897 Compensation to Relatives (Amendment) Act 1928 Act No 8 Administration of Justice Act 1982 LEGISLATION CITED : Fatal Accidents Act 1846 (UK) Repatriation Act 1920 (Cth) Supreme Court Act 1970 Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) Dominish v Astill [1979] 2 NSWLR 368 Horton v Byrne (1956) 30 ALJ 583 at 585 Jones v Schiffmann (1971) 124 CLR 303 Malec v Hutton (1990) 169 CLR 638 Jongen v CSR Limited (1992) ATR 81-192 Todorovic v Waller (1981) 150 CLR 402 Davies v Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries Ltd [1942] AC 601 Carrol v Purcell [1961] 107 CLR 73 Watson v Dennis [1968] 88 WN (Pt 1) (NSW) 491 Nance v British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited [1951] AC 601 Whitaker v Commissioner of Taxation (1998) 82 FCR 261 Halvorsen Boats Pty Limited v Robinson (1993) 31 NSWLR 1 Wynn v New South Wales Insurance Ministerial Corporation (1995) 184 CLR 485 Arthur Robinson (Grafton) Pty Ltd v Carter (1968) 122 CLR 649 Bresatz v Przibilla (1962) 108 CLR 541 Norris v Blake [No 2] [1997] 41 NSWLR 49 Chapman v Hearse (1961) 106 CLR 112 Williamson v John I Thornycroft & Co Ltd [1940] 2 KB 658 CASES CITED: Willis v The Commonwealth (1946) 73CLR 105 National Insurance Co of New Zealand Limited v Espagne (1961) 105 CLR 569 Paff v Speed (1961) 105 CLR 539 Todorovic v Waller [1981] 1 NSWLR 97 Parry v Cleaver [1970] AC 1 Auty v National Coal Board (1985) 1 WLR 784 Cantwell v Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, a decision of the House of Lords of 5 July 2001 Livingstone v Rawyards Coal Co (1880) 7 R (HL) 1 Mangan v Cornish [1962] 80 WN (NSW) 143 Bradburn v Great Western Railway Co (1874) LR 10 Ex 1 Stanbury v Eden (1985) 38 SASR 437 Public Trustee (WA) v Nickisson (1964) 111 CLR 500 McIntosh v Williams [1979] 2 NSWLR 543 Moran v McMahon [1985] 3 NSWLR 700 Arthur Robinson (Grafton) Pty Limited v Carter (1968) 122 CLR 649 Haines v Bendall (1991) 172 CLR 60 Marsland v Andjelic (No 2) (1993) 32 NSWLR 649 MBP (SA) Pty Ltd v Gogic (1991) 171 CLR 657 Metropolitan Meat Industry Board v Williams (1991) 24 NSWLR 54 Commissioner of Taxation v Northumberland Development Co Pty Ltd (1995) 59 FCR 103 DECISION : 1 Parties to file and serve written submissions on costs by 4 pm on 27 November 2001; 2 Parties to bring in Short Minutes of the orders to be made in the appeal at 9.30 am on 30 November 2001; 3 Stand over the further hearing of the appeal to 9.30 am on 30 November 2001 for orders to be made.