NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: BI (CONTRACTING) PTY LTD v THE MYER EMPORIUM LIMITED [2005] NSWCA 305
HEARING DATE(S): 11 August 2005
JUDGMENT DATE: 9 September 2005
JUDGMENT OF: Mason P at 1; Handley JA at 25; Windeyer J at 26
DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS: NEGLIGENCE - death as a result of a dust-related condition - exposure to asbestos dust and fibre in the course of employment - failure to warn or protect - employer's claim of indemnity or substantial contribution from asbestos-spraying company - apportionment of liability as between tortfeasors - weight given to actual knowledge of one defendant compared to the constructive knowledge of the other defendant - no error of law. (ND)
Downs v Chappell [1997] 1 WLR 426 Higgins v William Inglis & Son Pty Ltd [1978] 1 NSWLR 649 James Hardie & Coy Pty Ltd v Roberts (1999) 47 NSWLR 425 CASES CITED: Macquarie Pathology Services Pty Ltd v Sullivan NSWCA, unreported, 28 March 1995 New South Wales v Lepore (2003) 212 CLR 511 at 530[26] Podrebersek v Australian Iron & Steel (1985) 59 ALJR 492 Rolls Royce Industrial Power (Pacific) Ltd v James Hardie & Coy Pty Ltd (2001) 53 NSWLR 626
BI (CONTRACTING) PTY LTD PARTIES: THE MYER EMPORIUM LIMITED
FILE NUMBER(S): CA 41125/04
Appellant: J J E Fernon SC/ A Ventura COUNSEL: Respondent: G Watson SC/ B S Kelly
Appellant: Makinson & d'Apice SOLICITORS: Respondent: Lander & Rogers
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: Dust Diseases Tribunal
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): DDT 354/03
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Walker J
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 41125/2004 DC 354/ 2003
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