NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Woods v The Nominal Defendant and Anor [2008] NSWSC 985
HEARING DATE(S) : 25/08/2008; 26/08/2008; 27/08/2008; 28/08/2008; 01/09/2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 30 September 2008
JUDGMENT OF : Hoeben J
DECISION : On the cross-claim brought by the first defendant against the second defendant, verdict and judgment in favour of the second defendant.
CATCHWORDS : NEGLIGENCE - child struck by car - driver does not stop - claim against Nominal Defendant and Local Council - hearing as to liability only - content of duty of care - whether breach of duty of care established - causation.
LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Liability Act 2002 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Bendix Mintex Pty Limited v Barnes (1997) 42 NSWLR 307 Brodie v Singleton Shire Council (2001) 206 CLR 512 Chappel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232 Mulligan v Coffs Harbour City Council (2005) 223 CLR 486 CASES CITED : Phillis v Daley (1988) 15 NSWLR 65 Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW v Dederer (2007) 81 ALJR 1773 Seltsam Pty Limited v McGuiness and Anor (2000) 49 NSWLR 262 Vairy v Wyong Shire Council (2005) 223 CLR 442 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40
Georgina Anna Woods bht Graham Arthur Samuel Woods - Plaintiff PARTIES : The Nominal Defendant - 1st Defendant Canterbury City Council - 2nd Defendant
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20151/2006
R Letherbarrow SC/DR Toomey - Plaintiff COUNSEL : R Stitt QC/Ms C Allan - First Defendant R Sheldon - Second Defendant
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