NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 146 LGERA 60
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Bennett v Manly Council and Sydney Water Corporation [2006] NSWSC 242
HEARING DATE(S) : 22/11/2004 - 25/11/2004, 29/11/2004, 01/12/2004 - 03/12/2004, 06/12/2004, 30/05/2005 - 01/06/2005, 06/06/2005 - 07/06/2005, 09/06/2005.
JUDGMENT DATE : 4 April 2006
JUDGMENT OF : Hislop J
DECISION : 1. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff against the defendants in the sum of $1,750,000; 2. The defendants to pay the plaintiff's costs other than the costs of the adjournment on 6 December 2004; 3. The plaintiff to pay the defendants costs of the adjournment on 6 December 2004; 4. Verdict and judgment for the first defendant against the second defendant on the first defendant's cross claim in the sum of $875,000; 5. The second defendant to pay the first defendant's costs of the first defendant's cross action; 6. Verdict and judgment for the second defendant against the first defendant on the second defendant's cross claim in the sum of $875,000; 7. The first defendant to pay the second defendant's costs of the second defendant's cross action.
CATCHWORDS : Negligence - Foreseeable risk of injury - Liability of a statutory authority - Shirt calculus - Duty of care - Breach - Causation - Personal responsibility - Contributory negligence.
Civil Liability Act 2002 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 LEGISLATION CITED : Local Government Act 1919 - ss 353, 354 Local Government Act 1993 - ss 633, 733 Sydney Water Act 1994 - s 38
Bulmer v Ryde Municipal Council (1976) 34 LGRA 300 Chappel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232 Hadland v Council of the City of Blacktown (NSWCA 21 May 1997 unreported) James Hardie & Coy Pty Ltd v Roberts (1999) 47 NSWLR 425 Joslyn v Berryman (2003) 214 CLR 552 Mulligan v Coffs Harbour City Council (2005) 221 ALR 764 CASES CITED : Nagle v Rottnest Island Authority [1992 – 1993] 177 CLR 423 Public Trustee v Sutherland Shire Council (1992) Aust Torts Reports 81 – 149 Sutherland Shire Council v Heyman (1985) 157 CLR 424 Swain v Waverley Municipal Council (2005) 220 CLR 517 Thompson v Woolworths (Queensland) Pty Limited (2005) 221 CLR 234 Vairy v Wyong Shire Council (2005) 221 ALR 711 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1979 – 1980) 146 CLR 40
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