NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 53 NSWLR 98
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : RIXON v STAR CITY PTY LTD [2001] NSWCA 265 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40478/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 6 August 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 September 2001
PARTIES : Brian Rixon - Appellant Star City Pty Ltd (formerly Sydney Harbour Casino Pty Ltd) - Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Priestley JA at 1; Sheller JA at 2; Heydon JA at 61
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 7821/98 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Balla ADCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
K J Ryan - Appellant COUNSEL : M T McCulloch - Respondent
SOLICITORS : Leitch Hasson Dent - Appellant Cutler Hughes & Harris - Respondent CATCHWORDS : TORT - assault and battery - false imprisonment - wrongful arrest - detention of excluded person in casino - whether detention authorised by statute. Casino Control Act 1992 LEGISLATION CITED : Casino Control Regulation 1995 Interpretation Act 1987 Evidence Act 1995 Vines v Djordjevitch (1995) 91 CLR 512 Morton v Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Limited (1951) 83 CLR 402 Re Bolton (1987) 162 CLR 514 CASES CITED: Compafina Bank v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited [1982] 1 NSWLR 409 Cole v Turner (1704) 6 Mod 149; 87 ER 907 In re F (Mental Patient: Sterilisation) [1990] 2 AC 1 Collins v Wilcock [1984] 1 WLR 1172 Hall v Fonceca [1983] WAR 309 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.
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