Rundle v State Rail Authority of New South Wales [2002] NSWCA 354

Reported Decision : (2002) Aust Torts Reports 81-678

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Rundle v State Rail Authority of New South Wales [2002] NSWCA 354 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40855/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 12 August 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 October 2002

PARTIES : Kane Rundle by his next friend Gail Rundle (Appellant) State Rail Authority of New South Wales (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Heydon JA at 1; Young CJ in Eq at 64; Foster AJA at 65

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT SC 20386/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT McClellan J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Mr D E Grieve QC/Ms D M Coulton (Appellant) Mr C R R Hoeben SC/Mr P Biggins (Respondent) SOLICITORS : George Sten & Co (Appellant) Dibbs Barker Gosling (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Tort - negligence - duty of care - plaintiff injured while spraying graffiti on roof of moving carriage - plaintiff travelling with upper body squeezed through upper window of carriage - contravention of delegated legislation - application of principles in Modbury Triangle Shopping Centre Pty Ltd v Anzil (2000) 205 CLR 254 - D Bone v Commissioner of Stamp Duties [1972] 2 NSWLR 615 Businessworld Computers Pty Ltd v Australian Telecommunications Commission (1988) 82 ALR 499 Crimmins v Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee (1999) 200 CLR 1 Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 Henwood v Municipal Tramways Trust (South Australia) (1938) 60 CLR 438 CASES CITED: Modbury Triangle Shopping Centre Pty Ltd v Anzil (2000) 205 CLR 254 Reeves v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2000] 1 AC 360 Ryan v State Rail Authority of New South Wales [1999] NSWSC 1236 Sullivan v Moody (2001) 183 ALR 404 Tame v New South Wales [2002] HCA 35 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40 DECISION : See paragraph 63