NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Lovric & Anor v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales & Ors [2007] NSWSC 898
HEARING DATE(S) : 16 July 2007
JUDGMENT DATE : 16 August 2007
JUDGMENT OF : Harrison J
DECISION : (1) Grant leave to the plaintiff to file an amended statement of claim in the form of the document annexed to the affidavit of Kathryn Williams sworn 8 June 2007. (2) Dismiss the first defendant's notice of motion with costs.
CATCHWORDS : CIVIL PROCEDURE – UCPR 13.4 and 14.28 – application for summary judgment or strike out – plaintiff seriously injured in explosion at fireworks factory – previous death of worker in similar circumstances three years earlier - whether duty of care owed by statutory authority by reason of its failure to enforce improvement and prohibition notices – whether existence of alleged duty reasonably arguable – summary judgment refused
Civil Liability Act 2002 Civil Procedure Act 2005 Dangerous Goods Act 1995 Dangerous Goods (General) Regulation 1999 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 LEGISLATION CITED : Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 Occupational Health and Safey Act 2000 Occupational Health and Safety Regulation 2001 Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998
Amaca Pty Ltd v State of New South Wales (2004) Aust Torts Reports 81-749 Bayne v Baillieu (1908) 6 CLR 382 Brimson v Rocla Concrete Pipes Ltd [1982] 2 NSWLR 937 Crimmins v Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee (1999) 200 CLR 1 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 Elguzouli-daf v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [1995] QB 335 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Gordon v James Hardie and Co Pty Ltd (1987) Aust Torts Reports 80-137 Graham Barclay Oysters Pty Limited v Ryan (2002) 211 CLR 540 Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [1989] AC 53 Integral Home Loans Pty Ltd v Interstar Wholesale Finance [2006] NSWSC 1464 Kent v Griffiths [2000] 2 WLR 1158 CASES CITED : Lonrho plc v Fayed (No 2) [1991] 4 All ER 961 O'Connor v SP Brady Limited (1937) 56 CLR 464 Optus Networks Pty Ltd v Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 327 Pyrenees Shire Council v Day (1998) 192 CLR 330 Randwick City Council v T and H Fatouros Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 177 Republic of Peru v Peruvian Guano Co Ltd (1887) 36 Ch D 489 Rice v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry [2006] EWHC 1257 Sovar v Henry Lane Pty Limited (1967) 116 CLR 397 State of New South Wales v Ball [2007] NSWCA 71 State of New South Wales v Klein [2006] NSWCA 295 Sullivan v Moody (2001) 207 CLR 562 Tilba Tilba Stud (WA) as Trustee for the Tilba Tilba Stud Trust v The Executive Officer of Agriculture Western Australia (2004) Aust Torts Reports 81-736 Voli v Inglewood Shire Council (1963) 110 CLR 74
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