ZAUNER CONSTRUCTIONS PTY LTD v HARVEY & ANOR [2004] NSWCA 8

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : ZAUNER CONSTRUCTIONS PTY LTD v HARVEY & ANOR [2004] NSWCA 8 HEARING DATE(S) : 24 October 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 14 May 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; McColl JA at 63; Grove J at 88 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.

CATCHWORDS : Appeal - Personal injury - Workplace injury - Negligence - Terms of building contract - Apportionment of responsibility between employer and contractor when negligent construction caused wall to fall - Damages - Future economic loss - Quantum Construction Safety Act 1912 LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1965 Workers Compensation Act 1987 Bradford v Symondsosn (1881) 7 QBD 456 CSR Limited v Elliott (CA, unreported, 23 June 1994, BC9404968) Jennings Construction Limited v QH & M Birt Pty Ltd (1986) 8 NSWLR 18 Maggbury Pty Limited v Hafele Australia Pty Limited [2001] HCA 70; (2001) 210 CLR 181 CASES CITED : Maggiotto Building Concepts Pty Ltd v Gordon [2001] NSWCA 65 McCann v Switzerland Insurance Australia Limited [2000] HCA 65; (2000) 203 CLR 579 North v Marina [2003] NSWSC 64 Podrebersek v Australian Iron & Steel Pty Ltd (1985) 59 ALJR 492 Tersons Limited v Stevenage Development Corporation [1963] 2 Lloyd's Rep 333 Wynbergen v Hoyts Corporation Pty Ltd (1997) 72 ALJR 65 Zauner Constructions Pty Ltd - Appellant PARTIES : James Robert Harvey - First Respondent Commercial Club (Albury) Limited - Second Respondent FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 41189/02 J D Hislop QC/M J Ward - Appellant COUNSEL : B Dooley - First Respondent H N Kelly SC/M Holz - Second Respondent Keddies - Appellant SOLICITORS : R H Lewis & Associates - First Respondent A O Ellison - Second Respondent