Wardle v Kick & Ors [2006] NSWSC 327

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Wardle v Kick & Ors [2006] NSWSC 327 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

HEARING DATE(S) : 20-23 February 2006

JUDGMENT DATE : 26 April 2006

JURISDICTION : Civil

JUDGMENT OF : McClellan CJatCL

CATCHWORDS : NEGLIGENCE - DAMAGES - hang gliding accident - collision with pedestrian - whether club or association liable - whether council liable because of responsibility to minimise risk - past economic loss - future economic loss - subsequent injury - non-economic loss - deduction for degenerative change - loss of business - adjustments to be made for industry upturn - indemnity costs - arbitrator's award - costs - Sanderson orders

Civil Aviation Act 1988 LEGISLATION CITED : District Court Rules Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

Fowdh v Fowdh (NSWCA, 4 November 1993, unreported) Hillier v Sheather (1995) 36 NSWLR 414 Jones v Bradley (No 2) [2003] NSWCA 258 Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 Locke v Bova & Anor [No 2] [2005] NSWSC 799 MacDougall v Curlevski (1996) 40 NSWLR 430 CASES CITED : Morgan v Johnson (1998) 44 NSWLR 578 Moss v State of New South Wales [2000] NSWCA 133 Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW & Ors v Palmer (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 140 Sanderson v Blyth Theatre Co [1903] 2 KB 533 SMEC Testing Services Pty Ltd v Campbelltown City Council [2000] NSWCA 323 Starks v RSM Security Pty Ltd & Ors [2004] NSWCA 351 Sved v Council of the Municipality of Woollahra (1998) NSW Conv R 55-852 Swain v Waverley Municipal Council (2005) 220 CLR 517