Van Der Sluice v Display Craft Pty Ltd [2002] NSWCA 204

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Van Der Sluice v Display Craft Pty Ltd [2002] NSWCA 204 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40594/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 23 April 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 9 July 2002

PARTIES : Benjamin Van Der Sluice (Appellant) Display Craft Pty Ltd (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Heydon JA at 2; Foster AJA at 108

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT SC 20959/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Master Harrison JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Mr R J Burbidge QC/Mr H J Marshall (Appellant) Mr J E Maconachie QC/Mr D Doak (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Beilby Poulden Costello (Appellant) P W Turk & Associates (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Tort - negligence - personal injury - employer's liability - independent contractor -fall from ladder in course of work - reasonable foreseeability - duty of care - breach - relevance of plaintiff's experience - Contract - implied term - contractual duty of care - Tort - breach of statutory duty - sufficiency of evidence to support claim of - D Council of the Municipality of Waverley v Lodge [2001] NSWCA 439 Modbury Triangle Shopping Centre v Anzil (2000) 75 ALJR 164 Nagle v Rotnest Island Authority (1993) 177 CLR 423 O'Connor v Commissioner of Government Transport (1954) 100 CLR 225 Romeo v Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory (1998) 192 CLR 431 CASES CITED: Shirt v Wyong Shire Council [1978] 1 NSWLR 631 Smith v The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (1957) 97 CLR 337 Stevens v Brodribb Saw Milling Co Pty Ltd (1986) 160 CLR 16 Sullivan v Moody (2001) 183 ALR 404 Wilke v Astra Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 135 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40 DECISION : Appeal dismissed; appellant to pay respondent's costs