NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: Glynn v Challenge Recruitment Australia Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 203
HEARING DATE(S): 13 June 2006
JUDGMENT DATE: 2 August 2006
JUDGMENT OF: Beazley JA at 1; Giles JA at 2; McColl JA at 92
DECISION: (1) Direct the parties to deliver to the Associate to Beazley JA within 7 days short minutes to give effect to these reasons; (2) Liberty to apply in the event of disagreement, in the first instance by letter sent to the Associate to Beazley JA.
CATCHWORDS: Personal injury - joint tortfeasors - apportionment between them - whether s 151Z of Workers Compensation Act means proportionate liability to plaintiff - labour hire organisation - duty of care when employee injured by unsafe working conditions - breach of non-delegable duty of care - and of direct duty in failing to instruct - challenges to assessment of damages. D
LEGISLATION CITED: Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946; Workers Compensation Act 1987.
Atkinson v Gameco (NSW) Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 338; Barisic v Devenport (1978) 2 NSWLR 111; Baxter v Obacelo Pty Ltd (2001) 205 CLR 635; Bourke v Victorian Work Cover Authority (1999) 1 VR 189; DNM Mining Pty Ltd v Barwick [2004] NSWCA 137; Drake Personnel Ltd v Work Cover Authority of NSW (1999) 90 IR 432; Forstaff Blacktown Pty Ltd v Brimac Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 423; Gordian Runoff Ltd v Heyday Group Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 29; Grljak v Trivan Pty Ltd (1994) 35 NSWLR 82; CASES CITED: Grljak v Trivan Pty Ltd (No 2) (CA, 19 April 1996, unreported); Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd v Smith [2000] NSWCA 55; Leonard v Smith (1992) 27 NSWLR 5; Lewis v G H Varley Pty Ltd (Grove J, 18 October 1996, unreported); Multiplex Constructions pty Ltd v Irving [2004] NSWCA 346; Oxley County Council v MacDonald [1999] NSWCA 126; Sadler v Great Western Railway Co (1896) AC 450; Speirs v Caledonian Collieries Ltd (1957) SR (NSW) 483; State of New South Wales v Kennelly (No 2) [2001] NSWCA 472; Timberland Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Bundy [2005] NSWCA 419; TNT Australia Pty Ltd v Christie [2003] NSWCA 47.
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