NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : DYNO WESFARMERS LTD v KNUCKEY & ORS; DYNO WESFARMERS LTD v DYER [2003] NSWCA 375 HEARING DATE(S) : 28 November 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 17 December 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Handley JA at 43; Young CJ in Eq at 48 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs
CATCHWORDS : Private industrial law - choice of law - fatal accident in Papua New Guinea - whether necessary for Papua New Guinea statute to be pleaded in proceedings in Supreme Court of New South Wales - effect of failure by either party to plead statute of foreign lex causae - rule in Weldon v Neal - whether Pt 20 r4 of Supreme Court Rules applies to local proceedings involving foreign limitation provision (ND) Supreme Court Rules (NSW) Part 15 r10 and Part 20 r4 LEGISLATION CITED : Compensation to Relatives Act 1897 (NSW) Mining (Safety) Act 1980 (PNG) Wrongs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (PNG) Air Link Pty Ltd v Paterson (No 2) [2003] NSWCA 251 Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd v Casa Musicale Sonzogno [1971] 1 WLR 173 Classic Gourmet Sausages Pty Ltd v Leda Commercial Properties Pty Ltd (2000) 97 FCR 313 Damberg v Damberg (2001) 52 NSWLR 492 Dare v Pulham (1982) 148 CLR 658 Dyer v Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific Ltd [2003] NSWSC 198 Dyer v Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific Ltd; Knuckey v Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific Ltd [2003] NSWSC 213 John Pfeiffer Pty Ltd v Rogerson (2000) 203 CLR 503 King of Spain v Machado (1827) 4 Russ 225, 239 (38 ER 790, 795) Koop v Bebb (1951) 84 CLR 629 CASES CITED : Leotta v Public Transport Commission of New South Wales (1976) 50 ALJR 666 Lloyd Steel Co (Aust) Pty Ltd v Jade Shipping SA (1985) 1 NSWLR 212 Maxwell v Murphy (1957) 96 CLR 261 McKain v R W Miller & Co (SA) Pty Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 1 Nikolay Malakhov Shipping Co Ltd v SEAS Sapfor Ltd (1998) 44 NSWLR 371 Placer (PNG) Pty Ltd v Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific Ltd [1999] NSWSC 1292 Proctor v Jetway Aviation Pty Ltd [1982] 2 NSWLR 264 Regie Nationale des Usines Renault SA v Zhang (2002) 210 CLR 491 Walker v WA Pickles Pty Ltd [1980] 2 NSWLR 281 Water Board v Moustakas (1988) 180 CLR 491 Weldon v Neal (1887) 19 QBD 394 PARTIES : DYNO WESFARMERS LTD v Margaret KNUCKEY & Ors DYNO WESFARMERS LTD v Jacqueline DYER FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40379/2003; 40380/2003 Appellant: N Cotman SC/ R Parsons COUNSEL : Respondent (Knuckey): M Joseph SC/ M Leeming Respondent (Dyer): A Katzman SC/ M Cahill Appellant: Gadens SOLICITORS : Respondent (Knuckey): Slater & Gordon Respondent (Dyer): Ken Hooper & Assoc
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