DNM Mining Pty Ltd v Barwick [2004] NSWCA 137

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : DNM Mining Pty Ltd v Barwick [2004] NSWCA 137 HEARING DATE(S) : 16 March 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 17 May 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Giles JA at 1; Santow J at 55; Windeyer J at 56 DECISION : (1) Appeal allowed; (2) Set aside verdict and judgment for $404,452.59 and in lieu thereof verdict and judgment for $227,408.76 taking effect on 25 March 2003; (3) Respondent pay the appellant's costs of the appeal and have a certificate under the Suitors Fund Act if otherwise qualified.

CATCHWORDS : Damages - tortious injury - subsequent non-tortious injury - would independently have diminished the earning capacity diminished by the first injury - whether taken into account in assessing damages. D Baker v Willoughby (1970) AC 467; Bridge Printing Pty Ltd v Mestre [1999] NSWCA 342; Godden v Metropolitan Meat Industry Board (1972) 2 NSWLR 183; Graham v Baker (1961) 106 CLR 340; Faulkner v Keffalinos (1971) 45 ALJR 80; Harwood v Wyken Colliery Co (1913) 2 KB 158; Husher v Husher (1999) 197 CLR 138; Jaksic v Cossar (1966) 2 NSWR 581; CASES CITED : Jobling v Associated Dairies Ltd (1982) AC 794; Leschke v Jeffs (1955) QWN 67; March v E & M H Stramare Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 506; Medlin v State Government Insurance Commission (1995) 182 CLR 1; Perkes v Crittenden (1965) 114 CLR 164; South Australian Asset Management Corporation v York Montague Ltd (1977) AC 191; State Government Insurance Commission v Oakley (1990) Aust Torts Reports 81-003; State of New South Wales v Moss (2000) 54 NSWLR 536; Watts v Rake (1960) 108 CLR 158; Western Australia v Watson (1990) WAR 248. PARTIES : DNM Mining Pty Ltd - Appellant Anthony Barwick - Respondent FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40305/03 COUNSEL : G F Little SC & A J Black - Appellant P R Hessessy SC & E Romaniuk - Respondent SOLICITORS : Hicksons - Appellant Farrell Lusher, Wagga Wagga - Respondent