NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Kay v Murray Irrigation Limited [2009] NSWSC 1411
HEARING DATE(S) : 6-9 October 2009
JUDGMENT DATE : 11 December 2009
JUDGMENT OF : Fullerton J
1. Judgment in favour of the plaintiff in the amount of $359,815. DECISION : 2. Costs are reserved. 3. Liberty to restore on three days notice.
CATCHWORDS : TORTS - negligence - personal injury - defective concrete footboard - ankle injury - pre-existing injury - rice cultivation - TRADE AND COMMERCE - Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) - DAMAGES - whether damages assessed at common law or under the Civil Liability Act
Civil Liability Act 2002 LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Procedure Act 2005 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Trade Practices Amendment (Personal Injuries and Death) Act (No 2) 2004
Husher v Husher [1999] HCA 47; 197 CLR 138 Leichhardt Municipal Council v Montgomery [2005] NSWCA 432 Macarthur Districts Motor Cycle Sportsmen Inc v Ardizzone [2004] NSWCA 145 CASES CITED : Malec v J C Hutton Pty Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 638 at 643 Penrith City Council v Parks [2004] NSWCA 201 State of New South Wales v Moss [2000] NSWCA 133; 54 NSWLR 536 Zreika v State of NSW [2009] NSWCA 99
TEXTS CITED : David Ipp, Review of the Law of Negligence: Final Report, (2002) Commonwealth of Australia
PARTIES : Robert Francis Kay (Plaintiff) Murray Irrigation Limited (Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2008/20388
COUNSEL : I Roberts SC/J Sainty (Plaintiff) R Cavanagh (Defendant)
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