NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Port Stephens Council v Field [2004] NSWCA 226 HEARING DATE(S) : 2 July 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 July 2004
JUDGMENT OF : Giles JA at 1; Tobias JA at 2; Levine J at 59 DECISION : (a) Appeal allowed; (b) Set aside the judgment and orders of J C Gibson DCJ made on 22 August 2003 and in lieu thereof enter judgment for the appellant; (c) Order that the respondent pay the appellant's costs of the proceedings at first instance and of the appeal but that in respect of the latter, she is to have a certificate under the Suitors' Fund Act 1951 if otherwise qualified
CATCHWORDS : TORTS - Negligence - Negligent construction - Stormwater pipes - Hole in ground above pipes - EVIDENCE - Balance of probabilities - Onus of proof - Inadequate evidence to make out case LEGISLATION CITED : No legislation cited CASES CITED : Makita Australia Pty Limited v Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 PARTIES : Port Stephens Council Jennifer Jane McKinlay Field FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40838/03 COUNSEL : A: S Harben SC / S Glascott R: C Hoeben SC / D Dooley SOLICITORS : A: Phillips Fox, Sydney R: Marshall & Partners, Raymond Terrace
LOWER COURT District Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT DC 118/01 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT J C Gibson DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40838/03 DC 118/01
GILES JA TOBIAS JA LEVINE J
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