NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : WALSH v LITTLE & ORS;O'BRIEN v LITTLE & ORS [2009] NSWSC 267
HEARING DATE(S) : 26 September 2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 8 April 2009
JURISDICTION : Common Law
JUDGMENT OF : Hall J at 1
DECISION : Orders set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 of the first and second defendants' notice of motion dated 27.6.08 (filed on 30.6.08) are refused. Accordingly, the applications are dismissed.
CATCHWORDS : NEGLIGENCE - LEASES - SUMMARY DISPOSAL OF PROCEEDINGS – plaintiffs/respondents fell from a cliff on reserve land, the reserve being contiguous to the hotel/motel land upon which the respondents entered as visitors – hotel/motel subject to a lease – applicants/first and second defendants – moved for orders striking out proceedings against them – whether arguable case that applicants as owners/lessors under a duty of care to respondents – danger – cliff behind trees on reserve – no fencing, warning signs, illumination - principles on summary disposal applications - liability of lessors to persons other than the tenant - plaintiffs' causes of actions not unarguable - not clear cases for striking out - notices of motion dismissed
Liquor (Entertainment Areas) Regulation 1985 LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules 1970 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005
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