NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Nominal Defendant v Genn [2004] NSWCA 306 HEARING DATE(S) : 24/08/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 September 2004
JUDGMENT OF : McColl JA at 1; Young CJ in Eq at 2; Kirby J at 88 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS : TORTS- Negligence- Res ipsa loquitur type inferences- Action against Nominal Defendant- Whether inference might be drawn that piece of metal on road fell from unidentified motor vehicle as a result of the fault of the operator. LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Accidents Act 1988, s 28 Abalos v Australian Postal Commission (1990) 171 CLR 167 Bellizia v Meares [1971] VR 641 Blandford v Fox (1944) 45 SR (NSW) 241 GIO v Best [1993] Aust Torts Rep 81-209 Harrison v Nominal Defendant (1976) 50 ALJR 330 CASES CITED : Incorporated Nominal Defendant v Kemp (Vic SC Full Court 16.3.1961 unreported) Incorporated Nominal Defendant (Victoria) v Knowles [1987] VR 138; (1986) 4 MVR 174 Johnson v Nominal Defendant [2003] NSWCA 153 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Nominal Defendant v Haslbauer (1967) 117 CLR 448 Schellenberg v Tunnel Holdings Pty Ltd (2000) 200 CLR 121 PARTIES : Nominal Defendant (A) Stephen Richard Genn (R) FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40941/03 COUNSEL : G M Watson SC and P D Ryan (A) M J Neil QC and J A Jobson (R) SOLICITORS : Henry Davis York (A) Milicevic Solicitors (R)
LOWER COURT District Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 6108/99 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Gamble ADCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
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