NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Winston v Roach [2003] NSWCA 310 HEARING DATE(S) : 7 August 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 27 October 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Santow JA at 104 DECISION : The appeal is upheld in part (see para 103)
CATCHWORDS : Motor accident - liability not in issue - damages - existing back condition, psychiatric and other difficulties exacerbated - whether allowance made for existing condition - legal onus of proof reversed - tortfeasor only responsible for damage caused Chappel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232 Malec v JC Hutton Pty Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 638 Purkess v Crittenden (1965) 114 CLR 164 CASES CITED : Riley v Cocco [2001] NSWCA 379 Shorey v PT Ltd (2003) 77 ALJR 1104 Watts v Rake (1960) 108 CLR 158 Woolage v New South Wales [2001] NSWCA 256 PARTIES : Richard Winston (Appellant) Denise Anne Roach (Respondent) FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40727 of 2002 COUNSEL : J D Hislop QC/W Carney (Appellant) S Longhurst (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Lee and Lyons (Appellant) Russell McLelland & Brown (Respondent)
LOWER COURT District Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT DC 571 of 1998 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Goldring DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40727 of 2002 DC 571 of 1998
MASON P SANTOW JA
Monday, 27 October 2003
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