McGlen-McLeod v Galloway [2011] NSWDC 163

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: McGlen-McLeod v Galloway [2011] NSWDC 163 Hearing dates: 10 and 11 October 2011 Decision date: 14 October 2011 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Judgment for the plaintiff for $700. (2) Defendants pay plaintiff's costs. (3) Liberty to restore in relation to costs. (4) Exhibits retained for 28 days. Catchwords: TORT - negligence - plaintiff briefly treated for minor left leg injury after stepping on rotting floorboards - claim made two years later of serious injury to her right leg and back - nature and extent of injury and disabilities - role of surveillance film in personal injury proceedings Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), Pt 31 r 31.10 Cases Cited: Annetts v State of New South Wales (District Court of New South Wales, 19 November 2010) Beard v North Coast Area Health Service (District Court of New South Wales, 11 November 2010) Boyes v Colins [2000] 23 WAR 123; [2000] WASCA 344 Brown v Metro Meat International Ltd [2000] WASCA 123 Container Terminals Australia Ltd v Huseyin [2008] NSWCA 320 Dasreef Pty Ltd v Hawchar (2011) 277 ALR 611; (2011) 85 ALJR 694; [2011] HCA 21 Digby v Essex County Council [1994] PIQR P 53 Grace v Shad (District Court of New South Wales, McLoughlin DCJ, 6 August 2010) Halpan v Lumley General Insurance Ltd [2009] NSWCA 372 Jaber v Rockdale City Council [2008] NSWCA 98 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298; [1959] ALR 367; (1959) 32 ALJR 395; (1959) 76 WN (NSW) 278 Khan v Armaguard Ltd [1994] 1 WLR 1204 Makita (Australia) Pty Ltd v Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 Mason v Demasi [2009] NSWCA 27 McGuiness v Kellogg Co of Great Britain Ltd [1988] 1 WLR 913 Miller v Galderisi [2009] NSWCA 353 Oraha v The Nominal Defendant (District Court of New South Wales, 1 October 2010) R v Kotzmann [1999] 2 VR 123 Ralston v Bell & Smith t/a Xentex Patch & Grout [2010] NSWSC 245 Ramsay v Watson (1961) 108 CLR 642 Tchen v The Nominal Defendant [2010] NSWCA 45 The Nominal Defendant v Kostic [2007] NSWCA 14 Thornton v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2011] EWHC 1884 (QB) Whalan v Kogarah Municipal Council [2007] NSWCA 5 Texts Cited: The Honourable Justice Ipp, "Problems with Fact-finding" (2 September 2006) Lawlink, Supreme Court of New South Wales Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiff: Anne McGlen-McLeod First Defendant: Nathan David Galloway Second Defendant: Daniel Eli Galloway Representation: Plaintiff: Mr A P Quinlivan Defendants: Mr S E Torrington Plaintiff: CMC Lawyers Defendants: McCabe Terrill Lawyers File Number(s): 2009/00338654 Publication restriction: None