T & H Fatouros Pty Ltd v Randwick City Council [2006] NSWSC 483

Reported Decision : 147 LGERA 319

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : T & H Fatouros Pty Ltd v Randwick City Council [2006] NSWSC 483

HEARING DATE(S) : 9 December 2005

JUDGMENT DATE : 25 May 2006

JUDGMENT OF : Simpson J

DECISION : leave granted to reopen; otherwise make no orders

CATCHWORDS : notice of motion - reopen judgment 1 September 2005 - claim against Council in breach of duty of care - application of Civil Liability Act 2002 - date of commencement of proceedings - whether date of commencement of original proceedings or date of filing cross-claim - dross-defendant party to original proceedings - proceedings against cross-defendant commenced on date of filing cross-claim - whether conduct in question so unreasonable that no council could consider it reasonable exercise of function - approval of stairway not reasonable exercise of council function

Civil Liability Act 2002 s2, s5F, s5G, s5H, s43, s43A Civil Liability Amendment Act 2003 (Number 94), cl 15 Part 4 Schedule 3, Part 5 LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Liability Amendment (Personal Responsibility) Act 2002 (Number 92), Part 1A, cl6(1) Part 3 Schedule 2, Part 5 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Supreme Court Act 1970, s78 Supreme Court Rules Pt 8 r11(3)

T & H Fatouros Pty Ltd v Randwick City Council [2005] NSWSC 874 CASES CITED : Francis v Lewis [2003] NSWCA 152 George v Lifese Steel Erections Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 1146, unreported, 8 December 2003

PARTIES : T & H Fatouros Pty Ltd - Cross-Claimant Randwick City Council - Cross-Defendent

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20370/02