NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Capital Brake Service Pty Limited v Meagher & 8 Ors T/as Sparke Helmore [2003] NSWCA 225 HEARING DATE(S) : 13/08/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 14 August 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Beazley JA at 2; Ipp JA at 3 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS : PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE - Solicitor's duty to warn - Duty to warn of the risks of settling with one joint tortfeasor and persisting against the other joint tortfeasor - dangers of hindsight judgment. ND CASES CITED : Rogers v Whitaker (1992) 175 CLR 479 Capital Brake Service Pty Limited (Appellant) Nicholas Kevin Meagher (First Respondent) John Harold Davis (Second Respondent) Geoffrey Raymond Woolf (Third Respondent) Paul Vincent Gavazzi (Fourth Respondent) PARTIES : Anthony John Deegan (Fifth Respondent) Michael Denis Snell (Sixth Respondent) Paul John Anicich (Seventh Respondent) Richard Henry Anicich (Eighth Respondent) Gary Michael Flowers (Ninth Respondent) T/as Sparke Helmore FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40764/02 COUNSEL : S T White (Appellant) S Donaldson SC/H Stitt (Respondents) SOLICITORS : Freidman Reeves (Appellant) Sparke Helmore (Respondents)
LOWER COURT District Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT DC 9496/98 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Taylor DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40764/02 DC 9496/98
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