(1) Roads and Traffic Authority v Ryan & 2 Ors (2) Blue Mountains City Council v Ryan & 2 Ors (No 2) [2002] NSWCA 128

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : (1) Roads and Traffic Authority v Ryan & 2 Ors (2) Blue Mountains City Council v Ryan & 2 Ors (No 2) [2002] NSWCA 128 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA (1) 40334/01; (2) 40335/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 27/03/02, 28/03/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 May 2002

PARTIES : Roads & Traffic Authority (Appellant) v Nadia Catherine Ryan by her Tutor Heather Ryan (1st Respondent), Jack Pledge (2nd Respondent), Blue Mountains City Council (3rd Respondent) Blue Mountains City Council (Appellant) v Nadia Catherine Ryan by her Tutor Heather Ryan (1st Respondent), Jack Pledge (2nd Respondent), Roads and Traffic Authority (3rd Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Giles JA at 2; Ipp AJA at 10

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Common Law Division LOWER COURT SC 20099/95 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Dunford J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

C T Barry QC/S A Woods (Roads and Traffic Authority) COUNSEL : J D Hislop QC/G J Gemmell (Blue Mountains City Council) A S Morrison SC (Nadia Catherine Ryan by her Tutor Heather Ryan) P R Garling SC/J M Morris (Jack Pledge) I V Knight, Crown Solicitor (Roads and Traffic Authority) SOLICITORS : Phillips Fox (Blue Mountains City Council) Stacks (Nadia Catherine Ryan by her Tutor Heather Ryan) Abbott Tout (Jack Pledge) CATCHWORDS : ORDERS ON COSTS - restitution of money paid under judgment - unjust enrichment - rate of interest - applicability of Schedule J rates. ND LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Accidents Act 1988 CASES CITED: Heydon v NRMA & Ors (No 2) NSWCA 445 DECISION : See para 27.