Texcrete Pty Limited v Khavin & 1 Ors [2003] NSWCA 337

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Texcrete Pty Limited v Khavin & 1 Ors [2003] NSWCA 337 HEARING DATE(S) : 25 September 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 November 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Santow JA at 1; McColl JA at 86; Foster AJA at 87 DECISION : (1) Appeal and cross-appeal dismissed; (2) Appellant to pay the costs of the first and second respondents.

CATCHWORDS : BREACH OF STATUTORY DUTY - s27 Factories, Shops & Industries Act 1962 - failure to fence a dangerous machine. - NEGLIGENCE - duty of care of appellant occupier, to the extent it existed, to the first respondent employee was not breached - second respondent employer not liable in negligence to the first respondent employee. - DAMAGES - discretionary. Factories, Shops & Industries Act 1962; s27 LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1946; s5(1)(c) Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW); s151Z(2) Azar v Dairy Farmers Co-operative Ltd (1989) 15 NSWLR 651 Bankstown Foundry Pty Limited v Braistina (1986) 160 CLR 301 Connecticut Fire Insurance Co v Kavanagh [1892] AC 473 Dairy Farmers Co-op Ltd v Azar (1990) 170 CLR 293 Dunlop Rubber Australia Limited v Buckley (1952) 87 CLR 313 Forest v John Mills Himself Pty Ltd (1970) 121 CLR 149 Liftronic Pty Ltd v Unver (2001) 179 ALR 321 Mitchell v North British Rubber Co Ltd (1945) SC(JC) 69 O'Connor v Commissioner for Government Transport (1954) 100 CLR 225 CASES CITED : Ross v WGE Pty Limited (1998) 44 NSWLR 510 Shedlezki v Bronte Bakery Pty Ltd (1972) SR(NSW) 378 Sherman v Nymboida Collieries Pty Ltd (1963) 109 CLR 580 Smithwick v National Coal Board (1950) 2 KB 335 Sovar v Henry Lane Pty Ltd (1967) 116 CLR 397 State of New South Wales v Lepore (2003) 77 ALJR 558 Sutter v Gundowda Pty Limited (1915) 81 CLR 418 Twynam Pastoral Company Pty Limited v Bennett [2002] NSWCA 319 Van der Sluice v Display Craft Pty Limited (2002) NSWCA 404 Whisprun v Dixon (2003) 77 AJLR 1598 TEXCRETE PTY LIMITED (Appellant) PARTIES : Boris KHAVIN (First Respondent) ABB INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS PTY LIMITED (Second Respondent) FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40259/03 G M Watson, SC/ Ms T L Wong (Appellant) COUNSEL : M J Slattery, SC/ P J Doherty (First Respondent) C R R Hoeben, SC/ D G Saul (Second Respondent) Henry Davis York (Appellant) SOLICITORS : Boyd House & Partners (First Respondent) Leitch Hasson Dent (Second Respondent)