Canterbury Municipal Council v Taylor & Ors [2002] NSWCA 24

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Canterbury Municipal Council v Taylor & Ors [2002] NSWCA 24 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40123/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 13/02/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 March 2002

Canterbury Municipal Council (Appellant/1st Cross-Respondent) PARTIES : William Roy Taylor (Respondent/Cross-Appellant) Christopher John Keogh (2nd Cross-Respondent) Karen Benedet (as Executrix of the Estate of Franco Benedet) (3rd Cross-Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Ipp AJA at 2; Mathews AJA at 197

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Common Law Division LOWER COURT 20387/98 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Barr J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

G F Little SC/N E Chen (Appellant/1st Cross- Respondent) COUNSEL : G B Hall QC/S Norton SC ( Respondent/Cross- Appellant) K Dodd SC/H Silvester (2nd Cross-Respondent) R C Tonner (3rd Cross-Respondent) Moray & Agnew (Appellant/1st Cross-Respondent) SOLICITORS : Makinson & D'Apice (Respondent/Cross-Appellant) Phillips Fox (2nd Cross-Respondent) Bartier Perry (3rd Cross-Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Negligence - appeal - duty of care - local authority - occupier's liability - breach of duty - failure to take reasonable measures to prevent dangerous use of velodrome - voluntary assumption of risk - principles - apportionment of damages. D Sutherland Shire Council v Heyman (1984-5) 157 CLR 424 Parramatta City Council v Lutz (1988) 12 NSWLR 293 Pyrenees Shire Council v Day (1998) 192 CLR 330 Crimmins v Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee (1999) 200 CLR 1 Modbury Triangle Shopping Centre Pty Limited v Anzil [2000] 176 ALR 411 Australian Safeway Stores Pty Ltd v Zaluzna (1987) 162 CLR 479 Nagle v Rottnest Island Authority (1993) 177 CLR 423 Romeo v Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory (1998) 192 CLR 431 Carr & General Insurance Corporation Limited v Seymour (1956) 2 DLR 369 CASES CITED: Wilson v Darling Island Stevedoring Company (1955) 95 CLR 43 Insurance Commission v Joyce (1948) 77 CLR 39 Roggenkamp v Bennett (1950) 80 CLR 292 Bankstown Foundry Pty Limited v Braistina (1986) 160 CLR 301 Jeffries v Fisher (1985) WAR 250 Suncorp Insurance and Finance v Blakeney (1993) 18 MVR 361. O'Shea v The Permanent Trustee Company of New South Wales Limited (1971) Qld R 1 Sungravure Pty Limited v Meani (1964) 110 CLR State Government Insurance Company v Hitchcock (unreported, Full Court, Supreme Court of Western Australia, delivered 11 March 1997) McLean v Tedman (1984) 155 CLR 306 DECISION : See para 196.