Jones v Bradley [2003] NSWCA 81

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Jones v Bradley [2003] NSWCA 81 revised - 11/06/2003 HEARING DATE(S) : 09/09/2002, 10/09/2002, 28/11/2002, 29/11/2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 April 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Beazley JA at 2; Santow JA at 3 DECISION : Appeal allowed.

CATCHWORDS : CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE - apportionment of responsibility - whether Trial Judge's discretionary assessment of contributory negligence miscarried - where actions of both the plaintiff and defendant involved serious and substantial departures from standard of care - where actions of both the plaintiff and defendant involved a significant degree of causal potency - NEGLIGENCE - assessment of damages - whether Trial Judge's discretion in assessing damages miscarried - scope of obligation to give reasons - whether it was appropriate for the appellate court to reassess damages - Griffiths v Kerkemeyer allowance - lost earning capacity allowance - home modification allowance - taxi transport allowance - handyman assistance allowance - future medical care allowance - case manager allowance Abalos v Australian Postal Commission (1990) 171 CLR 167 Agbaba v Witter (1977) 14 ALR 187 Beale v GIO (1997) 48 NSWLR 430 Biogen Inc v Medeva plc [1997] RPC1 Clarke v Freund 1999 (29) MVR 361 Damberg v Damberg [2001] NSWCA 87 Derrick v Cheung (2001) 181 ALR 301 Devries v Australian National Railways Commission (1993) 177 CLR 472 Emery v Wilson (1974) 28 ALJR 131 Gamser v Nominal Defendant (1977) 136 CLR 145; 13 ALR 387 General Insurance Office of New South Wales v Evans (1990) 21 NSWLR 564 Flanery v Halifax Estate Agencies [2001] 1 WLR 377 Fuller v Galvin Incorporated, SCNSWCA, 7 April 1995 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Jones v Hyde (1989) 63 ALJR 349 Malec v JC Hutton Pty Limited (1990) 169 CLR 638 Miller v Jennings (1954) 92 CLR 190 Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs v Hamsher (1992) 35 FCR 359 CASES CITED : Moran v McMahon (1985) 3 NSWLR 700 Moylan v The Nutrasweet Company [2000] NSWCA 337 Nestle Australia Ltd v McDougall, (NSWCA, 24 June 1998, unreported) North Sydney Council v Lygon (1995) 87 LGERA 435 Podrebersek v Australian Iron and Steel Pty Limited (1985) 59 ALJR 492 Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 205 CLR 434 RT & YE Falls Investment Pty Ltd v NSW [2001] NSWSC 1027 Schieb v Abbott (1999) 27 MVR 285 Shehata v Montague L Meyer Pty Ltd (1976) 51 ALJR 77 Soulemezis v Dudley (Holdings) Pty Limited (1987) 10 NSWLR 247 State Rail Authority of NSW v Earthline Construction (1999) 73 ALJR 306 TCN Channel Nine Pty Limited v Henry Alfred Anning [2002] NSWCA 82 Tuebner v Humble (1963) 108 CLR 491 Van Gervan v Fenton (1992) 175 CLR 327 Warren v Coombes (1979) 142 CLR 531 Wilkes v Bradford Kendall Ltd (1962) 79 WN (NSW) 850 Williams v The Minister for Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 and the State of NSW [2000] NSWCA 255 Wilson v Peisley (1975) 7 ALR 571; 50 ALJR 207 Yip v Zreika [2001] NSWCA 446 PARTIES : Edward John JONES (Appellant) Emma Ward BRADLEY (Respondent) FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 41050/01 COUNSEL : C Hoeban (Appellant) J McCarthy, QC/ P S Jones (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Lee & Lyons (Appellant) Colin Daley Quinn (Respondent)