Patrick Stevedores (No 1) Pty Limited v Vaughan [2002] NSWCA 275

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Patrick Stevedores (No 1) Pty Limited v Vaughan [2002] NSWCA 275 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 41062/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 06/08/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 2 September 2002

PARTIES : Patrick Stevedores (No 1) Pty Limited (Appellant) Francis Vaughan (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Beazley JA at 1; Stein JA at 2; Davies AJA at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT SC 20350/99 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Cooper AJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : J Hislop QC/H J Marshall (Appellant) G Little SC/ L G Stone (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Gillis Delaney Brown (Appellant) D Hand (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Employer/employee relations - employee suffered psychiatric damage during industrial dispute - employer confronts union - whether employer failed to take reasonable care for the safety of its employees - whether economic benefit to employer outweighed duty of care to employee - whether any distinction between psychiatric and physical injury in employment content - whether damages award proper. D State of New South Wales v Seedsman [2000] NSWCA 119 White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1999] 2 AC 455 Mt Isa Mines Limited v Pusey (1970) 125 CLR 383 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40 CASES CITED: Bankstown Foundry Pty Limited v Brastina (1986) 160 CLR 301 Morgan v Tame [2000] NSWCA 121 AMP v RTA [2001] NSWCA 186 Bonnington Castings Ltd v Wardlaw [1956] AC 613 Chappel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232 DECISION : See paragraphs 47 & 48.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 41062/01 SC 20350/99