QUINTANO & ORS v THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES & ANOR [2002] NSWSC 766

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : QUINTANO & ORS v THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES & ANOR [2002] NSWSC 766 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20194 OF 1999 HEARING DATE(S) : 5 June 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 August 2002

STEPHEN LAWRENCE QUINTANO (First Appellant)

LUKE ROBERT QUINTANO (Second Appellant)

ASHLEE MARIE QUINTANO by her tutor STEPHEN LAWRENCE QUINTANO) PARTIES : (Third Appellant)

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THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES (First Respondent)

RICHARD ADAMS (Second Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Levine J

LOWER COURT Supreme Court (Master) JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 20914/99 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Master Harrison JUDICIAL OFFICER :

R Killalea (Appellants) COUNSEL : D Cowen (Respondents)

SOLICITORS : I V Knight (Respondents) CATCHWORDS : On appeal from Master - negligence - duty of care - police officer - summary dismissal Burston v Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (1948) 78 CLR 143 Crimmins v Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee [1999] HCA 59; (1999-2000) 200 CLR 1 Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [1989] 1 AC 53 Port Jackson Stevedoring Pty Ltd v Salmond & Spraggon (Aust) Pty Ltd (1977) 139 CLR 231 CASES CITED : Quintano & 2 Ors v State of NSW & Anor [2002] NSWSC 278 Sullivan v Moody (2001) 75 ALJR 1570 Sutherland Shire Council v Heyman (1985) 157 CLR 424 Wilson & Ors v State of NSW (2001) 53 NSWLR 407 Tahche v Abboud (No 1) [2002] VSC 36 (1 March 2002) DECISION : See paragraph 29