NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2002) Aust Torts Reports 81-641
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : NSW Land & Housing Corporation v Watkins [2002] NSWCA 19 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40805/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 22 August 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 February 2002
PARTIES : NSW Land and Housing Corporation (Appellant) Vicki Watkins (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Powell JA at 1; Heydon JA at 33; Hodgson JA at 130
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT DC 228/99 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Hosking DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Mr J E Maconachie QC/Mr M A Barko (Appellant) Mr M R Aldridge SC/Mr A J Lidden (Respondent) SOLICITORS : McCabes (Appellant) Brydens Law Office (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Tort - Negligence - Scope and content of duty of care - Proximity - Liability - Damages - Tort - Past and future care - D Bus v Sydney County Council (unreported, 4 April 1986, NSWSC) Commonwealth v McLean (1996) 41 NSWLR 389 Davis v Langdon (1911) 11 SR (NSW) 149 Hamilton v Nuroof (WA) Pty Ltd (1956) 96 CLR 18 Hart v Lancashire & Yorkshire Rail Co (1869) 21 LT 261 Harvey v Singer Manufacturing Co Ltd 1960 SC 155 Hawkins v Coulsdon and Purley Urban District Council [1954] 1 QB 319 Hughes v Lord Advocate [1963] AC 837 Jones v Bartlett [2000] HCA 56; 75 ALJR 1; 176 ALR 137 Kavanagh v Akhtar (1998) 45 NSWLR 588 Miletic v Capital Health Commission (1992) 108 FLR 213 Minister Administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 v San Sebastian Pty Ltd [1983] 2 NSWLR 268 CASES CITED: Mitchell v Government Insurance Office (NSW) (1992) 15 MVR 369 Mount Isa Mines Ltd v Pusey (1970) 125 CLR 383 Neill v NSW Fresh Food and Ice Pty Ltd (1963) 108 CLR 362 Nelson v John Lysaght (Australia) Ltd (1975) 132 CLR 201 Northern Sandblasting Pty Limited v Harris (1996-1997) 188 CLR 313; 146 ALR 572 Phillis v Daly (1988) 15 NSWLR 65 Rae v The Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd (1957) 97 CLR 419 Ratcliffe v Jackson (unreported, 27 May 1993, Tas FC) G G Rudge v Murray Tractors Importers Pty Ltd (unreported, 9 November 1989, NSWCA) Shirt v Wyong Shire Council [1978] 1 NSWLR 631 Sullivan v Gordon (1999) 47 NSWLR 319 Sullivan v Moody (2001) 183 ALR 404 Van Gervan v Fenton (1992) 175 CLR 327 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1979-80) 146 CLR 40 DECISION : See paragraph 129
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