NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Lombardi v. Holroyd City Council & Anor. [2002] NSWCA 252 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40961/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 22 July 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 August 2002
Guiseppa Lombardi - appellant PARTIES : Holroyd City Council - 1st respondent Australian Gaslight Company - 2nd respondent JUDGMENT OF : Hodgson JA at 1; Foster AJA at 34; Brownie AJA at 35
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT DC2404/99 and DC8833/00 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Patten DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
Dr. A Morrison SC with Mr. J. Ryan for the appellant COUNSEL : Mr. Garling SC with Mr. R. Gambil for first respondent Mr. M. Minehan for second respondent Stacks, Sydney for appellant SOLICITORS : McCabe Terrill, Sydney for first respondent Colin Biggers & Paisley, Sydney for second respondent CATCHWORDS : LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Step in footpath - Risk to pedestrians - Council's liability - TORT - Negligence - Expert evidence as to causation of subsidence to footpath - Whether appealable error by primary judge. Ghantous v. Hawkesbury City Council (2001) 75 ALJR 992 CASES CITED: Hawkesbury City Council v. Ryan [2001] NSWCA 212 Parramatta City Council v. Watkins [2001] NSWCA 364 RTA v. Scroop (1998) 28 MVR 233 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40961/01 DC 2404/99 DC 8833/00
HODGSON JA FOSTER AJA BROWNIE AJA
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