NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : KIPRIOTIS v ROYAL TILES PTY LIMITED & ORS [2008] NSWSC 871
HEARING DATE(S) : 18, 19 June 2008; 4 July 2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 26 August 2008
JURISDICTION : Common Law
JUDGMENT OF : Hall J at 1
DECISION : (1) That there be judgment in favour of the plaintiff against the first defendant. (2) That the parties produce short of minutes orders to give effect to the judgment including the assessment of damages.
CATCHWORDS : PERSONAL INJURY – negligence – LIABILITY – breach of duty by occupier – where defendant's employee asked plaintiff to assist in unloading goods and plaintiff injured in course of unloading – where defendant directed the plaintiff where to park his vehicle for unloading – DAMAGES – economic loss claim – domestic services claim – where plaintiff worked long hours for modest remuneration
LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Liability Act 2002 Workers Compensation Act 1987
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Cookson v Knowles [1977] QB 913 Cullen v Trappell (1980) 146 CLR 1 Grincelis v House (1998) 156 ALR 443 Gumbert v Gumbert [2000] NSWCA 17 CASES CITED : Harrison v Melhem [2008] NSWCA 67 Husher v Husher (1999) 197 CLR 138 Mathews v United States Department of Defence [1999] NSWSC 1141 Penrith City Council v Parks [2004] NSWCA 201 Ranger v Turner [2007] NSWCA 162
PARTIES : Michael KIPRIOTIS v ROYAL TILES PTY LIMITED & ORS
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC No 20390 of 2006
COUNSEL : P: A R Lakeman 1/2D: J G Stewart
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