Kane Rundle by his next friend Gail Rundle v State Rail Authority of New South Wales [2001] NSWSC 862

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Kane Rundle by his next friend Gail Rundle v State Rail Authority of New South Wales [2001] NSWSC 862 revised - 16/10/2001 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Civil FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20386/97 HEARING DATE(S) : 3-6 September 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 October 2001

PARTIES : Kane Rundle by his next friend Gail Rundle (Plt) State Rail Authority of New South Wales (Def) JUDGMENT OF : McClellan J

COUNSEL : R E Williams QC/D Coulton (Plt) C R Hoeben SC/ P Biggins (Def) SOLICITORS : George Sten & Co (Plt) Dibbs Barker Gosling (Def) CATCHWORDS : Negligence - duty of care - liability - where plaintiff injured when engaged in an illegal act - scope of duty of care owed by rail authority to passengers - whether rail authority owed a duty of care to a plaintiff who sustained injuries when he manoeuvred himself out of a train window to write graffiti on the exterior of the train - graffiti - volenti non fit injuria - contributory negligence LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Accidents Act 1988 Henwood v Municipal Tramways Trust (SA) (1938) 60 CLR 438 State Rail Authority of NSW v Mayle [1999] NSWCA 388 Robinson v State Rail Authority of NSW, Master Malpass, NSWSC, 9 August 1996, unreported Ryan v State Rail Authority of NSW [1999] NSWSC 1236 Rich v Commissioner for Railways (1959) 101 CLR 135 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40 Romeo v Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory (1998) 192 CLR 431 Nagle v Rottnest Island Authority (1993) 177 CLR 423 March v Stramare (E & M H ) Pty Ltd (1990-1991) 171 CLR 506 CASES CITED : Modbury Shopping Centre v Angil (2000) 75 ALJR 164 Bennett v Minister of Community Welfare (1992) 176 CLR 408 Sutherland Shire Council v Heyman (1985) 157 CLR 424 Chappel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232 The Insurance Commisioner v Joyce (1948) 77 CLR 39 Roggenkamp v Bennett (1950) 80 CLR 292 Hadland v Council of the City of Blacktown, unreported, Court of Appeal, 21 May 1997 Beck v State of New South Wales & Anor [2001] NSWSC 278 McPherson v Whitfield (1996) 1 Qd R 474 Rootes v Shelton (1967) 116 CLR 383 Podrebersek v Australian Iron & Steel (1985) 59 ALJR 492 DECISION : See para 125