Dawmac Industries P/L v Anson [2001] NSWCA 42

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Dawmac Industries P/L v Anson [2001] NSWCA 42 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40749/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 23/02/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 14 March 2001

Dawmac Industries Pty Limited PARTIES : v Bernice Anson & Polkinghorne Russell Pty Limited JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Ipp AJA at 17; Rolfe AJA at 18

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 2789/98 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Garling DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

Philip John Lederman (Appellant) COUNSEL : Andrew Grech (1st Respondent) John Taylor (2nd Respondent Appellant: Henry Davis York Lawyers SOLICITORS : 1st Respondent: Slater & Gordon 2nd Respondent: Taylor & Whitty Solicitors CATCHWORDS : Negligence - injury to pedestrian on footpath outside construdtion site - independent contractor at fault - construction site owner and pedestrian - non-delegable duty of care. Bowen v Peate (1876) 1 QBD 321 at 326 CASES CITED: Northern Sandblasting Pty Limited v Harris (1996) 188 CLR 313 at 366ff Stoneman v Lyons (1975) 133 CLR 550 Jones v Bartlett (2000) 75 ALJR 1 DECISION : 1) Appeal by the appellant against the first respondent allowed.; 2) Orders below set aside.; 3) The first respondent pay the appellant's costs of the appeal, save for the costs payable by the appellant to the second respondent, and have a certificate under the Suitors Fund Act if otherwise entitled.; 4) Appeal by the appellant against the second respondent dismissed.; 5) Appellant pay the second respondent's costs of the appeal.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL