Campbelltown City Council v Bussell by his next friend Kay Bussell & Anor [2002] NSWCA 410

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Campbelltown City Council v Bussell by his next friend Kay Bussell & Anor [2002] NSWCA 410 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40838/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 20 November 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 December 2002

Campbelltown City Council (Appl) PARTIES : Glen Arthur Bussell (1st Resp) Samuela Taumalolo (2nd Resp) JUDGMENT OF : Beazley JA at 1; Stein JA at 2; McClellan J at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 8061/00 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Murrell DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

J Poulos QC/V Heith (Appl) COUNSEL : J D Dodd (1st Resp) R R Bartlett/R H Weinstein (2nd Resp) Phillips Fox (Appl) SOLICITORS : Markham Geike Farrugia (1st Resp) Dibbs Barker Gosling (2nd Resp) CATCHWORDS : NEGLIGENCE - duty of care - causation - contributory negligence - where negligence was apportioned by trial judge between the first and second defendants and plaintiff - appeal against the apportionment of responsibility Tame v State of New South Wales; Annetts v Australian Stations Pty Ltd (2002) 191 ALR 449 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40 Brodie v Singleton Shire Council (2001) 206 CLR 512 Richmond Valley Council v Standing [2002] NSWCA 359 CASES CITED: Burwood Council v Byrnes [2002] NSWCA 343 Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales v McGuinness [2002] NSWCA 210 Webb v The State of South Australia (1982) 43 ALR 465 March v E & M H Stramare (1991) 171 CLR 506 Chappel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232 DECISION : See para 54