NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: DIB GROUP PTY LTD Trading as Hill & Co v COLE [2009] NSWCA 210
HEARING DATE(S): 12 June 2009
JUDGMENT DATE: 24 July 2009
JUDGMENT OF: Beazley JA at 1; McColl JA at 2; Basten JA at 3
(1) Dismiss the appeal. DECISION: (2) Order that the appellant pay the respondent's costs of the appeal.
CATCHWORDS: TORTS – negligence – apportionment of responsibility – scope of employer's obligation to ensure safe system of work – danger on land not occupied by employer – absence of control over dangerous premises – whether obligated to undertake site inspection – whether causal connection between breach and injury - TORTS – negligence – contributory negligence – dangerous pit cover – whether aware of risk or ought reasonably to have been aware - WORDS AND PHRASES – "non-delegable duty"
LEGISLATION CITED: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), ss 3B, 5B, 5C, 5R Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW), 151E; Pt 5 Div 3
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Atkinson v Gameco (NSW) Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 338 Bourke v Hassett [1998] VSCA 24; [1999] 1 VR 189 Davie v New Merton Board Mills Ltd [1959] AC 604 Electric Power Transmission Pty Ltd v Cuiuli [1961] HCA 3; 104 CLR 177 Estate of the late M T Mutton v Howard Haulage Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 340 Esso Australia Ltd v Victorian WorkCover Authority [2000] VSCA 74; [2000] 1 VR 246 Kondis v State Transport Authority [1984] HCA 61; 154 CLR 672 CASES CITED: Maricic v Dalma Formwork (Australia) Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 174 Northern Sandblasting Pty Ltd v Harris [1997] HCA 39; 188 CLR 313 Oceanic Crest Shipping Company v Pilbara Harbour Services Pty Ltd [1986] HCA 34; 160 CLR 626 Pollard v Baulderstone Hornibrook Engineering Pty Ltd [2008] NSWCA 99; 172 IR 453 Sinclair v William Arnott Pty Ltd; Kell & Rigby Pty Ltd (Third Party) (No 2) (1963) 64 SR (NSW) 88 Smith v Austin Lifts Ltd [1959] 1 WLR 100 TNT Australia Pty Ltd v Christie [2003] NSWCA 47; 65 NSWLR 1 Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co v English [1938] AC 57
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