Clarke v Coleambally Ski Club Inc [2004] NSWCA 376

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Clarke v Coleambally Ski Club Inc [2004] NSWCA 376 HEARING DATE(S) : 02/09/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 October 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Beazley JA at 1; Ipp JA at 2; Young CJ in Eq at 37 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.

CATCHWORDS : Negligence- Occupier- Duty of small recreational club with licence to use public land to public entrants. LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1965 Soil Conservation Act 1938 Brodie v Singleton Shire Council (2001) 206 CLR 512 Francis v Lewis [2003] NSWCA 152 Ghantous v Hawkesbury City Council (2001) 206 CLR 512 Gorman v Wills (1906) 4 CLR 764 Jones v Bartlett (2000) 205 CLR 166 Kevan v Commissioner for Railways [1972] 2 NSWLR 710 March v E & MH Stramare Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 506 Mulligan v Coffs Harbour City Council [2004] NSWCA 247 Nagle v Rottnest Island Authority (1993) 177 CLR 423 Prast v Town of Cottesloe (2000) 22 WAR 474 CASES CITED : Richmond Valley Council v Standing [2002] NSWCA 359 Romeo v Conservation Commission (NT) (1998) 192 CLR 431 Secretary to the Department of Natural Resources and Energy v Harper (2000) 1 VR 133 Tomlinson v Congleton Borough Council [2004] 1 AC 46 University of Wollongong v Mitchell [2003] NSWCA 94 Waverley Municipal Council v Swain [2003] NSWCA 61 Wheat v E Lacon & Co Ltd [1966] AC 552 Whyte v Redland Aggregates Ltd (Eng CA, 27.11.1997, unreported) Woodman v Richardson & Concrete Ltd [1937] 3 All ER 866 Woods v Multi-Sport Holdings Pty Ltd (2002) 208 CLR 460 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40 Wyong Shire Council v Vairy [2004] NSWCA 247 PARTIES : Sean Thomas Clarke (Appellant) Coleambally Ski Club Inc (Respondent) FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 41202/03 COUNSEL : J Gormly SC and D Graham (A) D G Nock SC and S E McCarthy (R) SOLICITORS : McClellands (A) Ebsworth & Ebsworth (R)