NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Hughes v Van Eyk [2008] NSWSC 525
HEARING DATE(S) : 12-22, 26-29 November, 3-7 December 2007
JUDGMENT DATE : 5 June 2008
JURISDICTION : Common Law Division
JUDGMENT OF : Hislop J
DECISION : (1) Verdict and judgment for the first defendant. (2) The plaintiff pay the first defendant's costs. (3) Verdict and judgment for the second defendant. (4) The plaintiff pay the second defendant's costs. (5) Verdict and judgment for the first defendant on the cross claim by the second defendant. (6) The second defendant pay the first defendant's costs of the cross claim.
CATCHWORDS : TORT - motor vehicle accident - personal injury - liability - road authority - third party.
LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 Civil Liability Act 2002
HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd v Pluim Constructions Pty Ltd [2000] NSWCA 281; (2000) 11 ANZ Ins Cas 61-477 Makita (Australia) Pty Ltd v Sprowles [2001] NSWCA 305; (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 Cook v Cook (1986) 162 CLR 376 CASES CITED : Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW v Dederer [2007] HCA 42, (2007) 81 ALJR 1773 Chicco v The Corporation of the City of Woodville (1990) Aust Torts Reps 81-028 Roads and Traffic Authority v Royal [2008] HCA 19 Brodie v Singleton Shire Council [2001] HCA 29; (2001) 106 CLR 512 Hoyts Pty Ltd v Burns [2003] HCA 61, (2003) 77 ALJR 1934
Daniel Mark Hughes by his tutor Noella Hughes (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Herman Peter Van Eyk (1st Defendant) Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (2nd Defendant)
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