NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Preston v Star City Pty Limited (No 3) [2005] NSWSC 1223
HEARING DATE(S) : 04/11/2005
JUDGMENT DATE : 5 December 2005
JUDGMENT OF : Hoeben J at 1
DECISION : Application to strike out dismissed - leave granted to re-plead parts of statement of claim.
CATCHWORDS : Strike out application - Pt 15 r 26 Supreme Court Rules - duty of care owed by casino to patron - known weaknesses of patron - whether deliberate conduct constitutes negligence - need for internal consistency within statement of claim - vicarious liability.
LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules Pt15 r 26
Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552 Cole v South Tweed Heads Rugby League Football Club Limited (2004) 217 CLR 469 Deatons v Flew (1949) 79 CLR 370 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1979) 78 CLR 62 Esanda Finance Corporation Ltd v Peat Marwick Hungerfords (1997) 188 CLR 241 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 Graham Barclay Oysters Pty Limited v Ryan (2002) 211 CLR 540 Lister v Hesley Hall Limited (2002) 1 AC 215 NRMA Insurance Limited v AW Edwards Pty Limited NSWCA, (11 November 1994, unreported) CASES CITED : Perre v Apand (1999) 198 CLR 180 Preston v Star City Pty Limited [1999] NSWSC 1273 Preston v Star City Pty Limited [2003] NSWSC 321 Reeves v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (2000) 1 AC 360 at 368C-D Reynolds v Katoomba RSL All Services Club Limited (2001) 55 NSWLR 43 South Tweed Heads Rugby League Football Club Limited v Cole & Anor (2002) 55 NSWLR 113 State of NSW v Lepore (2003) 212 CLR 511 Vairy v Wyong Shire Council [2005] HCA 62 Williams v Humbert v W & H Trademarks (Jersey) Ltd (1986) 1 AC 368
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