NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Owners Strata Plan 30889 v Perrine [2002] NSWCA 324 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40022/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 19 August 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 September 2002
PARTIES : The Owners Strata Plan 30889 (Appellant) Nicole Dubuisson Perrine (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; Santow JA at 2; Davies AJA at 50
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT DC 6576/00 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT J C Gibson DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : J D Hislop, QC/ R G Gambi (Appellant) J L Glissan, QC/ A R Reoch (Respondent) SOLICITORS : McCabe Terrill (Appellant) Teakle Ormsby Conn (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : NEGLIGENCE - causation - failure to provide additional handrails on set of stairs - different lighting levels - need for nosings to mark the edge of a step - NEGLIGENCE - contributory negligence - causation - apportionment of responsibility and damages Jones v Bartlett (2000) 176 ALR 137 CASES CITED: Phillis v Daly (1988) 15 NSWLR 65 Wilkinson v Law Courts [2001] NSWCA 196 DECISION : (1) Appeal allowed; (2) Respondent's cross-appeal dismissed; (3) Respondent to pay the Appellant's costs of this appeal and in the court below.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40022/02 DC 6576/00
SHELLER JA SANTOW JA DAVIES AJA
23 SEPTEMBER 2002 THE OWNERS STRATA PLAN 30889 -v- Nicole Dubuisson PERRINE
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