Elliott v Bali Bungy Co [2002] NSWSC 906

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Elliott v Bali Bungy Co [2002] NSWSC 906 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20067/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 09/09/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 October 2002

PARTIES : Rebekah Jane Elliott (P) Black Diamond Manufacturing Ltd (D8) JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq

COUNSEL : A J Bartley SC and D R J Toomey (P) J Glissan QC and M Ashhurst (D8) SOLICITORS : McClellands (P) Michael Samios (D8) CATCHWORDS : PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW [34]- Tort- Death of X and Y in Indonesia- Relatives hearing of death in NSW- Compensation to Relatives Act claims- Death may be due to faulty part manufactured in USA- Whether US manufacturer could be served. SALE OF GOODS [72]- Remedy of buyer- Goods containing latent defect- No opportunity for seller to become aware of defect- No liability. TORTS [31]- Negligence- Dangerous product- When retailer liable for selling product with latent defect. LEGISLATION CITED : Compensation to Relatives Act 1897, ss 3, 6E Supreme Court Rules Pt 10(1A)(1)(2)(6A), Pt 11(8) Agar v Hyde (2000) 201CLR 552 Annetts v Australian Stations Pty Ltd [2002] HCA 55 Blomme v Sutton (1989) 52 SASR 576 Burns Philp & Co Ltd v J Blackwood & Son Ltd (2000) 21 NSWCCR 96 Challenor v Douglas [1983] 2 NSWLR 405 W A Dewhurst & Co Pty Ltd v Cawrse [1960] VR 278 Flaherty v Girgis (1985) 4 NSWLR 248 Flaherty v Girgis (1987) 162 CLR 574 Hyde v Agar (1998) 45 NSWLR 487 Jaensch v Coffey (1984) 155 CLR 549 CASES CITED : King v Phillips [1953] 1 QB 429 Koop v Bebb (1951) 84 CLR 629 Laundess v Laundess [1994] Aust Torts Rep 81-316 Lyles v Southend-on-Sea Corp [1905] 2 QB 1 Mt Isa Mines Ltd v Pusey (1970) 125 CLR 383 Regie National des Usines Renault SA v Zhang (2002) 76 ALJR 551 Rolls Royce Industrial Power (Pacific) Ltd v James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd (2001) 53 NSWLR 626 Sachs v Henderson [1902] 1 KB 612 The Brabo [1949] AC 326 Watson v Buckley [1940] 1 All ER 174 Woolworths Ltd v Crotty (1942) 66 CLR 603 DECISION : See paras 63-65.