NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Klesteel v Mantzouranis [2006] NSWSC 915
HEARING DATE(S) : 17 August 2006
JUDGMENT DATE : 11 September 2006
JURISDICTION : Common LawDivision
JUDGMENT OF : Associate Justice Harrison
DECISION : (1) The decision of Her Honour Magistrate O'Shane made on 22 February 2006 is set aside; (2) The matter is remitted to the Local Court to be determined according to law; (3) The defendant is to pay the plaintiff's costs of the appeal. The Local Court costs are to abide the result of the rehearing in the Local Court. The defendant is to have a certificate under the Suitors' Fund Act 1951 (NSW).
CATCHWORDS : Appeal decision of Local Court Magistrate - vicarious liability, employee driving while intoxicated
LEGISLATION CITED : Local Courts Act 1982 (NSW) - ss 73 & 75 Suitors' Fund Act 1951 (NSW)
Allen v Kerr & Anor (1995) Aust Torts Reports 81-354 Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Ltd (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 Carr v Neill [1999] NSWSC 1263 Christmas v Nicol Bros Pty Ltd & Anor (1941) 41 SR (NSW) 317 Devries v Australian National Railways Commission (1993) 177 CLR 472 CASES CITED : Gordon v Tamworth Jockey Club Inc [2003] NSWCA 82 Hewitt v Bonvin [1940] 1 KB 188 NSW v Lepore (2003) 212 CLR 511 Phoenix Society Inc v Cavenagh & Anor (1996) 25 MVR 143 R L & D Investments Pty Ltd v Bisby [2002] 37 MVR 479; [2002] NSWSC 1082 Scott & Ors v Davis (2000) 204 CLR 333 State Rail Authority of New South Wales v Earthline Constructions Pty Ltd (in Liq) (1999) 160 ALR 588
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