NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Lapcevic v Collier [2002] NSWCA 300 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 41019/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 2 August 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 20 November 2002
PARTIES : Milos Lapcevic (A) Brett Collier (R) JUDGMENT OF : Beazley JA at 1; Davies AJA at 70; Barrett AJA at 93
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 5616/00 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Garling DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : A: C R R Hoeben SC/C S Leahy R: J D Hislop QC/H Marshall SOLICITORS : A: Carroll & O'Dea R: Marsdens CATCHWORDS : Workers compensation - non-employer tort-feasor - negligence - duty of care - non-delegable duty of care - dangerous defects - construction of lease - duty of maintain under commercial lease - breach of contract - whether inadequate reasons Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW), s 151Z, Pt 5 LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 (NSW), s 5 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), s 42 Soulemezis v Dudley (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1987) 10 NSWLR 247 Jones v Bartlett (2000) 205 CLR 166 Northern Sandblasting Pty Ltd v Harris (1997) 188 CLR 313 Codelfa Constructions Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority (NSW) (1982) 149 CLR 337 State of New South Wales v Kennelly (No 1) [2001] NSWCA 71 Leonard v Smith (1992) 27 NSWLR 5 Grljak v Trivan Pty Ltd (1994) 35 NSWLR 82 Grljak v Trivan Pty Ltd (unreported, Cole J, Supreme Court of New South Wales, 4 June 1993) Walsh v The Commonwealth (1998) 155 ALR 182 CASES CITED: State Rail Authority of New South Wales v Barnes [2001] NSWCA 133 Florida Hotels Pty Limited v Mayo (1965) 113 CLR 588 Oxley County Council v Macdonald (unreported, NSWCA, 2 July 1999) Redken Laboratories (Aust) Pty Limited v Docker [2000] NSWCA 100 Cockburn v GIO Finance Limited [2001] NSWCA 177 Alexander (t/as Minter Ellison) v Perpetual Trustees WA Limited [2001] NSWCA 240 Burke v Lfot Pty Limited [2002] HCA 17 Rolls Royce Industrial Power (Pacific) Limited v James Hardie & Coy Pty Limited [2001] NSWCA 461 Hampro Pty Limited v Adams [1999] NSWCA 455 Commissioner of Police v The Estate of Russell [2002] NSWCA 272 Georgitis v Lend Lease Interiors Pty Ltd (1989) 17 NSWLR 106 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs
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