Newcastle City Council v Lindsay [2004] NSWCA 198

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Newcastle City Council v Lindsay [2004] NSWCA 198 HEARING DATE(S) : 3 June 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 June 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Giles JA at 1; Tobias JA at 2; McClellan AJA at 56 DECISION : (a) Appeal allowed; (b) Set aside the orders made by Sidis DCJ on 6 August 2003 and in lieu thereof enter a verdict and judgment for the appellant; (c) Order that the respondent repay to the appellant all moneys paid to her pursuant to the orders made by Sidis DCJ on 6 August 2003, together with interest thereon from the date of payment to the date of repayment at the rate prescribed pursuant to Pt 40 r 7(2) of Schedule J of the Supreme Court Rules 1970; (d) Order that the respondent pay the appellant's costs of the proceedings in the court below and of the appeal but in respect of the latter, to have a certificate under the Suitors Fund Act 1951, if otherwise qualified

CATCHWORDS : TORTS - NEGLIGENCE - Reasonable foreseeability - Obvious danger - Warning - Uneven footpath - Dangerous situation - Creation of - Distraction - JUDGES - BIAS - Application to disqualify for bias - Reasonable apprehension bias - Prejudgment - Extra-judicial publications - Published article LEGISLATION CITED : N/A Barbosa v Di Meglio [1999] NSWCA 307 Burwood Council v Byrnes [2002] NSWCA 343 Ghantous v Hawkesbury City Council (2001) 206 CLR 512 Helljay Investments Pty Limited v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (1999) 166 ALR 302 CASES CITED : Lombardi v Holroyd City Council [2002] NSWCA 252 Richmond Valley Council v Standing (2002) 127 LGERA 237 Roads & Traffic Authority v McGuinness [2002] NSWCA 210 Timmins v Gormley [2000] QB 451 Vakauta v Kelly (1989) 167 CLR 568 PARTIES : Newcastle City Council Colleen Lindsay FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40693/03 COUNSEL : A: L King SC / A Ventura R: D Nock SC / R Montgomery SOLICITORS : A: Phillips Fox R: King Street Lawyers