State of NSW v Tempo Services Ltd [2004] NSWCA 4

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : State of NSW v Tempo Services Ltd [2004] NSWCA 4 HEARING DATE(S) : 09/12/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 6 February 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Giles JA at 11; Hodgson JA at 12 DECISION : 1. Leave to appeal granted; 2. Appellant to file Notice of Appeal within 14 days; 3. Appeal allowed; 4. The judgment of Gibson DCJ to be set aside, and instead thereof judgment be entered for the appellant on the cross-claim; 5. The respondent to pay the appellant's costs of the appeal and of the proceedings before Gibson DCJ; 6. The respondent to have a certificate under the Suitors' Fund Act, if otherwise entitled.

CATCHWORDS : INDEMNITY CLAUSES: Construction - Meaning of words "arising out of or in connection with or caused by" - Relationship between performance of services and injury. Australian Paper Plantations Pty Ltd v J & EM Venturoni [2000] VSCA 71 CASES CITED : Canada Steamship Lines Pty Limited v R [1952] AC 192 Darlington Futures Limited v Delco Australia Pty Limited (1986) 161 CLR 500 Burswood Management Limited v Attorney-General (1990) 23 FCR 144 at 146 State of New South Wales PARTIES : v Tempo Services Limited FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40118 of 2003 COUNSEL : A: B Walker SC & Miss S E Pritchard R: J D Hislop QC & G Parker SOLICITORS : A: Hicksons R: Ebsworth & Ebsworth

LOWER COURT District Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 9672 of 2001 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT J C Gibson DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40118 of 2003