NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Quintano & 2 Ors v State of NSW & Anor [2002] NSWSC 278 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20194/1999 HEARING DATE(S) : 2 April 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 10 April 2002
Stephen Lawrence Quintano (First Plaintiff)
Luke Robert Quintano (Second Plaintiff)
PARTIES : Ashlee Marie Quintano (Third Plaintiff)
State of New South Wales (First Defendant)
Richard Adams (Second Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison
Mr E White (Plaintiffs) COUNSEL : Mr D Cowan (Defendants) SOLICITORS : Crown Solicitor (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Dismiss proceedings - whether police can be sued for negligence in LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules - Part 13 r 5 & Part 15 r 26 Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552; [2000] GCA 41 Air Services Australia v Zarb (NSWCA unreported, 26 August 1998) Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 CASES CITED : Webster & Anor v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [1989] AC 53; [1988] 2 All ER 238 Elguzouli-Daf v Commisioner of Police; McBrearty v Ministery of Defence [1995] QB 335; [1995] 1 All ER 833 Wilson v State of New South Wales [2001] NSWSC 869 Sullivan v Moody 920010 183 ALR 404; (2001) 75 ALJR 1570 DECISION : (1) The plaintiffs' statement of claim is dismissed; (2) The plaintiffs' are to pay the defendants' costs.
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