Perkins v Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd & Ors [2003] NSWSC 761

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Perkins v Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd & Ors [2003] NSWSC 761 HEARING DATE(S) : 11 August 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 August 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Simpson J DECISION : plaintiff allowed 50% of travel expenses claimed; claim for kitchen appliances covered in previous judgment; Adecco to pay Commercial Union's costs of the second cross-claim; Commonwealth Bank to pay Adecco's costs incurred in defending the claim of negligence including the costs of the cross-claim brought by it against Commercial Union so far as the costs were incurred in relation to the claim in tort; cost assessor to determine costs to Adecco of the cross-claims

CATCHWORDS : supplementary judgment - out of pocket expenses - costs of second cross-claim CASES CITED : Perkins v Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd & Ors [2003] NSWSC 346, unreported Shelley-Lyn Perkins - Plaintiff PARTIES : Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd - Defendant/1st Cross-claimant Adecco Centacom Pty Ltd - 1st Cross-defendant to 1st Cross-claim/2nd Cross-claimant Commercial Union Workers Compensation (NSW) Ltd - 1st Cross-defendant to 2nd Cross-claim FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20160/00 J Mrsic - Plaintiff COUNSEL : J Gracie - Defendant / 1st Cross-claimant P Braham - 1st Cross-defendant to 1st Cross-claim/ 2nd Cross-claimant PC Sweeney - 1st Cross-defendant to 2nd Cross-claim Carroll & O"Dea - Plaintiff SOLICITORS : Goldrick Farrell Mullan - Defendant / 1st Cross-claimant Corrs Chambers Westgarth - 1st Cross-defendant to 1st Cross-claim, 2nd Cross-claimant Goldbergs - 1st Cross-defendant to 2nd Cross-claim