NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Knight v Maclean [2002] NSWCA 314 revised - 14/10/2002 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40976/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 11 September 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 September 2002
PARTIES : Thomas Job Knight (Appellant) Ruth Catherine Maclean (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Heydon JA at 2; Young CJ in Eq at 73
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 7841/00 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Dent DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Mr C R R Hoeben SC (Appellant) Mr BW Ingram/Mr T Bland (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Lee & Lyons (Appellant) Heenan & Company (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Tort - negligence - duty of care - existence - scope - collision between motor vehicle and pedestrian - pedestrian struck by vehicle while crossing road - proper precautions of driver - Tort - negligence - liability - contributory negligence - apportionment of liability - D Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 Derrick v Cheung (2001) 181 ALR 301 Grant v Sun Shipping Co Ltd [1948] AC 549 London Passenger Transport Board v Upson [1949] AC 155 Poricanin v Australian Consolidated Industries Ltd [1979] 2 NSWLR 419 Purcell v Watson (1979) 26 ALR 235 CASES CITED: Reid v Kerr (1974) 9 SASR 367 Seymour v Australian Broadcasting Commission (1977) 19 NSWLR 219 Sibley v Cais (1967) 118 CLR 424 Teubner v Humble (1963) 108 CLR 491 Tidy v Battman [1934] 1 KB 319 Trompp v Liddle (1941) 41 SR (NSW) 108 Webb v State of South Australia (1982) 43 ALR 465 Yu v Yu (1996) 26 MVR 509 DECISION : See paragraph 72
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