Proprietors of Strata Plan 17226 v Drakulic [2002] NSWCA 381

Reported Decision : (2002) 55 NSWLR 659

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Proprietors of Strata Plan 17226 v Drakulic [2002] NSWCA 381 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40481/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 22 May 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 27 November 2002

Proprietors of Strata Plan 17226 (First Appellant) PARTIES : Wrasp Realty Pty Ltd t/as Solid Strata Plan Management (Second Appellant) Mira Drakulic (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Heydon JA at 10; Hodgson JA at 146

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT DC 7033/95 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Nash DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Mr W P Kearns SC/Mr A G Jamieson (Appellants) Mr J D Hislop QC/Mr R K Weaver (Respondent) SOLICITORS : W R Ghioni (Appellants) Graham Jones (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Tort - negligence - duty of care - existence - breach - personal injury - misfeasance - nonfeasance - plaintiff victim of crime - assault occurring on common property - application of principle in Modbury Triangle Shopping Centre Pty Ltd v Anzil (2001) 205 CLR 254 - D LEGISLATION CITED : Strata Titles Act 1973 Ann M v Pacific Plaza Shopping Centre 863 2d 207 (1993) Ashrafi Persian Trading Co Pty Ltd v Ashrafinia (2002) Aust Torts Rep 81-636 Betts v Whittingslowe (1945) 71 CLR 637 Bressington v Commissioner for Railways (New South Wales) (1947) 75 CLR 339 Chordas v Bryant (Wellington) Pty Ltd (1988) 20 FCR 91 Devonish v Jewel Food Stores Pty Ltd (1991) 172 CLR 32 Dorset Yacht Co Ld v Home Office [1970] AC 1004 Frances T v Village Green Owners Association 723 P 2d 573 (1986) Holley v Mt Zion Apartments Inc 382 So 2d 98 (1980) Jones v Bartlett (2000) 205 CLR 166 Kline v 1500 Massachusetts Ave Apartment Corp 439 F 2d 477 (1970) Modbury Triangle Shopping Centre Pty Ltd v Anzil (2000) 205 CLR 254 Nivens v Hoagy's Corner 943 P 2d 286 (1997) CASES CITED: O'Hara v Western Seven Trees Corporation Intercoast Management 142 Cal Rptr 487 (1978) Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v The Miller Steamship Co Pty (The "Wagon Mound") (No 2) [1967] 1 AC 617 Oxlade v Gosbridge Pty Ltd (NSWCA, unrep, 18 December 1998) Public Transport Corporation v Sartori [1997] 1 VR 168 Pyrenees Shire Council v Day (1998) 192 CLR 330 Smith v Leurs (1945) 70 CLR 256 South Tweed Heads Rugby League Football Club Ltd v Cole [2002] NSWCA 205 Sturbridge Partners Pty Ltd v Walker 482 SE 2d 339 (1997) Sullivan v Moody (2001) 183 ALR 404 Tame v New South Wales [2002] HCA 35 Tennants (Lancashire) Ltd v C S Wilson and Co Ltd [1917] AC 495 The Australian Builders' Labourers' Federated Union of Workers - Western Australia Branch v J-Corp Pty Ltd (1993) ATPR 41-245 W D & H O Wills (Australia) Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (1998) 43 NSWLR 338 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40 DECISION : See paragraph 145