NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Belan v Casey [2002] NSWSC 683 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3909/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 22 July 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 July 2002
Derrick Belan (First Plaintiff) PARTIES : Nicholas Belan (Second Plaintiff) Arthur Casey (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Campbell J
COUNSEL : L Aitken (Plaintiffs) M Dulhunty (Defendant) SOLICITORS : Maurice May & Co (Plaintiffs) R L Whyburn & Associates (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : LIMITATION OF ACTIONS - contracts, torts and personal actions - action for contribution between tortfeasors - TORTS - THE LAW OF TORTS GENERALLY - joint or several tortfeasors - availability of contribution between joint tortfeasors at common law LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 Limitation Act (NSW) 1969 Bourke v LFOT [2002] 187 ALR 612 Burrows v Rhodes [1899] 1 QBE 816 Cia de Seguros Imperio v Heath [2001] 1 WLR 112 Cockburn v GIO Finance Limited (2) [2001] NSW CA 177 Coulthard v Disco Mix Club Ltd [2000] 1 WLR 707 CASES CITED : James Hardie & Coy Pty limited v Seltsam Pty Ltd (1998) 196 CLR 53 Knox v Gye (1872) LR 5 HL 656 Merryweather v Nixan (1799) 8 Term Rep 186; 101 ER 1337 Moxham v Grant [1900] 1 QB 88 Palmer v Wick and Pultneytown Steam Shipping Company Ltd [1894] AC 318 R v McNeil (1922) 31 CLR 76 Woodhead v Elbourne [2001] 1 Qd R 220 DECISION : Striking out of claim seeking contribution between tortfeasors refused
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