R L & D Investments P/L v Bisby & Anor [2002] NSWSC 1082

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : R L & D Investments P/L v Bisby & Anor [2002] NSWSC 1082 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 10663/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 04/11/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 November 2002

R L & D Investments Pty Ltd (Pl) PARTIES : Harold Bruce Bisby (1 Def) Giovanni Oliveri Enterprises P/L (2 Def) JUDGMENT OF : Kirby J

LOWER COURT Local Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 843/99 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Brydon LCM JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : R Toner SC (Pl) R C Tonner (1 & 2 Def) SOLICITORS : D Mosca (Pl) Jason Li Lawyers (1 & 2 Def) CATCHWORDS : Appeal from Magistrate on error of law - Whether jurisdiction to deal mixed fact and law - Meaning error of law - No evidence Justices Act, 1902 LEGISLATION CITED : Local Courts (Civil Claims) Act, 1970 Motor Traffic Regulations 1900 State Rail Authority v Smith [2000] NSWSC 334 Carr v Neill [1999] NSWSC 1263 Australian Gaslight Co v Valuer-General (1940) 40 SR (NSW) 126 Poricanin v Australian Consolidated Industries Ltd [1979] 2 NSWLR 419 Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Ltd (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 CASES CITED : Mahoney v Industrial Registrar of NSW & Anor (1986) 8 NSWLR 1 Haines v Leves & Anor (1987) 8 NSWLR 442 Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321 Gangemi Holdings Pty Ltd v Salter & Ors [1999] NSWSC 1004 R v District Court: Ex Parte White (1966) 116 CLR 644 Trompp v Liddle (1941) 41 SR (NSW) 108 DECISION : Appeal allowed; Matter remitted to Local Court to be determind according to law; Defendants to pay plaintiff's costs