Cortiana v Guihot [2004] NSWCA 348

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Cortiana v Guihot [2004] NSWCA 348 HEARING DATE(S) : 26 August 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 September 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Giles JA at 1; Santow J at 2; Hislop J at 3 DECISION : (1) Appeal dismissed; (2) Appellant to pay the respondent's costs of the appeal; (3) The costs order below is undisturbed.

CATCHWORDS : Negligence - motor bike collides with car - car towing trailer making right-hand turn - whether judge correctly found that turning indicator working - no error established - whether failure of driver to check for wrongly overtaking motor bike before turning - judge did not deal with this but evidence all one way - no failure - no question of principle. ND Beale v Government Insurance Office of NSW (1997) 48 NSWLR 430; CASES CITED : Derrick v Cheung (2001) 181 ALR 301; Devries v The Australian National Railways Commission (1993) 177 CLR 472; Mifsud v Campbell (1991) 21 NSWLR 725. PARTIES : Stephen Cortiana - Appellant Kenneth Wayne Guihot - Respondent FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 41188/03 COUNSEL : B Toomey QC & I D Cullen - Appellant L M Morris QC & J Morris - Respondent SOLICITORS : Paul A Curtis & Co - Appellant Abbott Tout - Respondent

LOWER COURT District Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT DC 2047/02 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Murray ADCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 41188/03 DC 2047/02

GILES JA SANTOW JA HISLOP J