Frost v The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of NSW & 2 Ors [2001] NSWSC 639

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Frost v The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of NSW & 2 Ors [2001] NSWSC 639 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20455/2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 16 July 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 31 July 2001

Kristine Frost (Plaintiff)

The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales (First Defendant) PARTIES : State of New South Wales (Second Defendant)

Peter Richard Nagle (Third Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison

Mr I McLachlan (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : Mr D Baran (Third Defendant) Etheringtons (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Barclay Benson Lawyers (Third Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Summary judgment - third defendant only Supreme Court Rules Crown Proceedings Act 1988 (NSW) Law Reform (Vicarious Liability) Act 1983 LEGISLATION CITED : Crown Redress Act 1981 Police Act 1863 (Qld) Workers Compensation Act 1987 Construction Safety Act Industrial Relations Act 1996 Air Services Australia v Zarb (NSWSC unreported, 26 August 1998) Dey v Victorian Railway Commissioners (1948-49) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 Webster & Anor v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 Enever v the King (1906) 3 CLR 969; 12 ALR 592 (HC) Ryder v Foley [1906] 4 CLR 422 Holly v Director of Public Works (1988) 14 NSWLR 140 Prior v State of New South Wales [1998] NSWSC 633 Deaton v Flew (194) 79 CLR 370 Kondis v State Transport Authority (1984) 154 CLR 672 Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd (1994) 179 CLR 520 Northern Sandblasting Pty Ltd v Harris (1997) 188 CLR 313 CASES CITED : Scott v Davis [2000] 175 ALR 217, [2000] HCA 52 Lepore v State of New South Wales & Anor [2001] NSWCA 112 Elliott v Bickerstaff (1999) 48 NSWLR 214 Ward v Central West Group Apprentices Pty Limited & Anor (unreported, Ireland J, 12 December 1995) Bega Co-operative Society Limited v The Milk Authority of Australian Capital Territory (unreported 12 May 1992, Federal Court) Bruce v Odhams Press Ltd (1936) 1 KB 697 Pinson v Lloyds and National Provincial Foreign Bank Ltd (1941) s KB 72 Trade Practices Commission v David Jones (Australia) Pty Ltd (1985) 7 FCR 109 Kernel Holdings Pty Ltd v Rothmans of Pall Mall (Australia) Pty Ltd ( Federal Court of Australia, French J, 3 September 1991, unreported) Ratcliffe v Evans (1892) 2 QB 524 Charlie Carter Pty Ltd v The Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association of Western Australia (1987) 13 FCR 413 H 1976 Nominees Pty Ltd v Galli (1979) 40 FLR 242 McHenry v Lewis [1882] AC 397 Maple v David Smyth & Co Limited [1974] 1 NSWLR 290 DECISION : (1) The statement of claim is struck out; (2) The plaintiff is to file and serve an amended statement of claim within two months; (3) Costs are costs in the cause.