Gaskell v Denkas Building Services Pty Limited and Others [2006] NSWSC 632

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Gaskell v Denkas Building Services Pty Limited and Others [2006] NSWSC 632

HEARING DATE(S) : 18 April 2005, 19 April 2005, 20 April 2005, 21 April 2005, 22 April 2005, 27 July 2005, 28 July 2005, 29 July 2005

JUDGMENT DATE : 23 June 2006

JUDGMENT OF : Johnson J at 1

DECISION : 1. Verdict for First and Third Defendants against the Plaintiff; 2. Plaintiff ordered to pay costs of First and Third Defendants

CATCHWORDS : NEGLIGENCE - slip and fall in common area (toilet) of leased commercial office premises - claim for damages by tenant against owner and managing agent - whether breach of duty of care - whether breach of contract entitling tenant to damages

LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919 Evidence Act 1995

Chan v Cresdon Pty Limited (1989) 168 CLR 242 Glasshouse Investments Pty Limited v MPJ Holdings Pty Limited [2005] NSWSC 456 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Manly Council v Byrne (2004) NSWCA 123 Jones v Bartlett (2000) 205 CLR 166 Wilkinson v Law Courts Limited [2001] NSWCA 196 Barrett v Dubbo City Council [2006] NSWCA 65 Makita (Aust) Pty Limited v Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 CASES CITED : Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40 Ahluwalia v Robinson [2003] NSWCA University of Wollongong v Mitchell [2003] NSWCA 94 Sakoua v Williams [2005] NSWCA 405 Peter A Simon Real Estate Pty Limited v Ghabash [2004] NSWCA 467 Brodie v Singleton Shire Council (2001) 206 CLR 512 Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 205 CLR 434 Wilson v Peisley (1975) 50 ALJR 207 Watts v Rake (1960) 108 CLR 158