NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Wythes v McCaffery & 1 Ors [2004] NSWCA 367 HEARING DATE(S) : 27 August 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 8 October 2004
JUDGMENT OF : Beazley JA at 1; Santow JA at 2; Ipp JA at 24 DECISION : Appeal dismissed. Appellant to pay the costs of the Second Respondent.
CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - Motor vehicle accident involving teenaged boys on a rural property owned by the appellant - unregistered vehicle - Whether error in not ordering joinder of Nominal Defendant - whether Motor Accidents Act 1988 (NSW) or Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW) applied - whether appellant in a position to obtain necessary notice to comply with the mandatory requirement of s36(3) of Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW). Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 s5(1)(c) LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Accidents Act 1988 (NSW) s20B; s28B; s43 Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW) Pt 2.4; s3; s31; s33; s36; s67; s72; s74 Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997 Michael David WYTHES (Appellant) PARTIES : Paul John McCAFFERY (First Respondent) NOMINAL DEFENDANT (Second Respondent) FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40777/03 P BLACKETT, SC/ D WILKINS (Appellant) COUNSEL : D CAMPBELL, SC (First Respondent) A S MORRISON, SC (Second Respondent) Hunt & Hunt - Sydney (Appellant) SOLICITORS : Messenger & Messenger - Orange (First Respondent) I V Knight, Crown Solicitors (Second Respondent)
LOWER COURT District Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT DC 172/01 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT O'Reilly DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
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