Taouk v Waste Recycling & Processing Service of NSW & Anor [2003] NSWCA 273

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Taouk v Waste Recycling & Processing Service of NSW & Anor [2003] NSWCA 273 HEARING DATE(S) : 3 June 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 September 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; Beazley JA at 2; McColl JA at 3 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs

CATCHWORDS : NEGLIGENCE - occupier's liability - breach of duty of care - appellant injured while removing rubbish from his truck at rubbish tip - appellant an independent contractor who had frequented the tip previously - whether appellant had been directed to the proper area for disposal of his rubbish load - whether the respondent undertook a proper inspection of loads - EVIDENCE - failure to call witness - Jones v Dunkel inference - APPEAL - admission of fresh evidence on appeal - D LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970 Atkins v National Australia Bank (1994) 34 NSWLR 155 Australian Safeway Stores v Zaluzna (1987) 162 CLR 479 Brady v Girvan Bros Pty Limited (1986) 7 NSWLR 241 Burns v Hoyts Pty Limited (2002) Aust Torts Reports 81-637 Dovuro Pty Ltd v Williams [2003] HCA 51 Drotem v Manning [2000] NSWCA 320 CASES CITED : Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Hackshaw v Shaw (1984) 155 CLR 614 Morgan v Sherton Pty Ltd (1999) 46 NSWLR 141 R v Birks (1990) 19 NSWLR 677 Romeo v Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory (1998) 192 CLR 431 University of Wollongong v Mitchell [2003] NSWCA 94 Van Der Sluice v Display Craft Pty Limited (2002) NSWCA 204 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40 Joussef Taouk (Appellant) PARTIES : Waste Recycling & Processing Service of NSW (First Respondent) Eric Newham Holdings Pty Limited (Second Respondent) FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40580/02 COUNSEL : M S Abdul-Karim (Appellant) R S Sheldon (Respondents) John McEncroe & Co. (Appellant) SOLICITORS : Lynn Boyd (First Respondent) Ebsworth & Ebsworth (Second Respondent)