Sean Thomas Clarke v Coleambally Ski Club & Anor [2003] NSWSC 1112

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Sean Thomas Clarke v Coleambally Ski Club & Anor [2003] NSWSC 1112 HEARING DATE(S) : 10/11/03,11/11/03,12/11/03,17/11/03,18/11/03,19/11/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 2 December 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Cripps AJ DECISION : (i) A verdict and judgment for the defendant on the plaintiff's claim against the defendant.; (ii) There will be verdict and judgment for the Board on the defendant's claim against the Board.; (iii) The plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs of the proceedings between the plaintiff and the defendant.; (iv) The defendant to pay the Board's costs of the proceedings between the defendant and the Board.

CATCHWORDS : negligence - liability of " - duty of care - breach of duty - causation - "occupier" - "obvious risk" Crown Lands Act 1884 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 LEGISLATION CITED : Pastures Protection Act 1934 Rural Lands Protection Act 1989 Soil Conservation Act 1938 Australian Safeway Stores Pty Limited v Zaluzna (1987) 162 CLR 479 Hadland v Council of the City of Blacktown (NSWCA, 21 May 1997, unreported) Indermaur v Dames (1866) LR 1CP 274 CASES CITED : Jones v Dunkell (1959) 101 CLR 298 Mulligan v Coffs Harbour Council (2003] NSWSC 49 Nagle v Rottnest Island Authority (1992-1993) 177 CLR 423 Waterways Authority and Anor v Mathews (NSWCA, 12 November, 2003 unreported) Sean Thomas Clarke - Plaintiff PARTIES : Coleambally Ski Club - Defendant Narrandera Rural Rural Lands Board - Cross Defendant FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20885/01 J Gormly SC and D Graham - Plaintiff COUNSEL : D Nock SC and S McCarthy - Defendant I Harvey - Cross Defendant McClellands - Plaintiff SOLICITORS : Ebsworth & Ebsworth - Defendant I V Knight, Crown Solicitors - Cross Defendant