NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Manly Municipal Council v Skene [2002] NSWCA 385 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 41022/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 22/08/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 2 December 2002
PARTIES : Manly Municipal Council (Appellant) Cameron Skene (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Heydon JA at 1; Santow JA at 50
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT DC 2652/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : DC 503/94 LOWER COURT Phegan DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Mr S T White (Appellant) Mr P Menzies QC/Mr J G Stewart (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Phillips Fox (Appellant) Mark Kennedy & Co (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Tort - negligence - duty of care - breach - damages - quantum - psychiatric damage - whether finding of causal contribution of psychiatric damage to plaintiff's state of being open on the evidence - liability not in issue - ND CASES CITED: Purkiss v Crittenden (1965) 114 CLR 164 DECISION : The appeal is dismissed. The appellant is to pay the respondent's costs of the appeal.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 41022/01 DC 2652/97 DC 503/94
HEYDON JA SANTOW JA
2 December 2002 MANLY MUNICIPAL COUNCIL v SKENE Tort – negligence – duty of care – breach – damages – quantum – psychiatric damage – whether finding of causal contribution of psychiatric damage to plaintiff's state of being open on the evidence – liability not in issue
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