NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: HILL v COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA [2005] NSWCA 94
HEARING DATE(S): 16/11/04
JUDGMENT DATE: 5 April 2005
JUDGMENT OF: Mason P at 1; Giles JA at 116; Tobias JA at 117
DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS: NEGLIGENCE - psychiatric illness - post-traumatic stress disorder - alcohol dependency and/or abuse - causation - reasonable foreseeability - substantial wrong or miscarriage - judge's treatment of witnesses - evidence not properly taken into account - shifting evidentiary onus - expert opinion. (ND)
LEGISLATION CITED: Limitation Act 1969
Calin v Greater Union Organisation Pty Ltd (1991) 173 CLR 33 Commonwealth v McLean (1996) 41 NSWLR 389 Havanaar v Havanaar [1982] 1 NSWLR 626 Hill v Commonwealth of Australia [2001] NSWSC 800 CASES CITED: Hill v Commonwealth of Australia [2003] NSWSC 1025 Purkess v Crittenden (1965) 114 CLR 164 T C v The State of New South Wales [2001] NSWCA 380 Tubemakers of Australia v Fernandez (1976) 50 ALJR 720 Watts v Rake (1960) 108 CLR 158
PARTIES: Brian Finlay HILL v COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
FILE NUMBER(S): CA 41144/03
Appellant: A G Melick SC/ K Sant COUNSEL: Respondent: R E Williams QC/ J McLachlan
Appellant: James Taylor & Co, Myrtleford Vic SOLICITORS: Respondent: Australian Government Solicitor, Sydney
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: Supreme Court - Common Law Division
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): SC 21147/96
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Cripps AJ
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 41144/2003 SC 21147/1996
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