Schneider v AMP Capital Investors Ltd; Schneider v Kent Street Pty Ltd; AMP Office & Industrial Pty Ltd v AMP Capital Investors Ltd; (“Schneider v AMP Capital Investors Ltd”) [2016] NSWSC 333

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Schneider v AMP Capital Investors Ltd; Schneider v Kent Street Pty Ltd; AMP Office & Industrial Pty Ltd v AMP Capital Investors Ltd; ("Schneider v AMP Capital Investors Ltd") [2016] NSWSC 333 Hearing dates: 17-25 August 2015 and 29 October 2015 Date of orders: 06 April 2016 Decision date: 06 April 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Fagan J Decision: Schneider v AMP Capital Investors Ltd, No. 2011/260408 1. Judgment for the defendants against the plaintiff. 2. Each of the first to seventh cross-claims is dismissed.

Schneider v Kent Street Pty Ltd, No. 2010/411126 1. Judgment for the defendant.

AMP Office & Industrial Pty Ltd v AMP Capital Investors Ltd, No. 2014/308507 1. Judgment for the defendants. Catchwords: TORT – negligence – lift stopping out of level with fixed floor – failure of plaintiff to prove dimension of trip hazard – duty of care owed by a building management company which operated the lifts and occupied the lift foyers – content of the duty – requirement to institute maintenance regime – no breach established

PERSONAL INJURY – trip accident alleged to have caused permanent exacerbation of pre-existing cervical spondylosis – incomplete pre-accident history given to post-accident treating specialist – competing diagnosis of unchanged idiopathic pain disorder – permanent exacerbation not proved Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 (NSW) Cases Cited: Adeels Palace Pty Ltd v Moubarak [2009] HCA 48; (2009) 239 CLR 420 Australian Safeway Stores Pty Ltd v Zaluzna [1987] HCA 7; (1987) 162 CLR 479 Brodie v Singleton Shire Council [2001] HCA 29; (2001) 206 CLR 512 El-Ajou v Dollar Land Holdings Plc (No 1) [1994] 2 All ER 685 Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd [2007] HCA 22; (2007) 230 CLR 89 Grills v Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 72 Jones v Bartlett [2000] HCA 56; (2000) 205 CLR 166 Neindorf v Junkovic [2005] HCA 75; (2005) 80 ALJR 341 Permanent Trustee Australia Ltd v FAI General Insurance Co Ltd (in Liq) [2003] HCA 25; (2003) 214 CLR 514 Rallis v Pang [2003] NSWCA 202 Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW v Dederer [2007] HCA 42; (2007) 234 CLR 330 at [45] Sargent v ASL Developments Ltd (1974) 131 CLR 634 at 658 Vairy v Wyong Shire Council [2005] HCA 62; (2005) 223 CLR 422 Voli v Inglewood Shire Council [1963] HCA 15; (1963) 110 CLR 74 WB Jones Staircase and Handrail Pty Ltd v Richardson [2014] NSWCA 127 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt [1980] HCA 12; (1980) 146 CLR 40 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Eugenie Schneider Kent Street Pty Ltd ("Kent Street") AMP Capital Investors Ltd ("Capital Investors") AMP Capital Office & Industrial Pty Ltd ("Office & Industrial") ThyssenKrupp Elevator Australia Pty Ltd ("ThyssenKrupp") ISS Integrated Services Pty Ltd ("ISS") Representation: Counsel: Mr Barry Toomey QC/Mr Howard Halligan (Eugenie Schneider) Mr Nicholas Polin SC (Kent Street, Capital Investors) Mr Andrew Hourigan (Office & Industrial) Mr Henry Neal (ThyssenKrupp) Mr Ivan Griscti (ISS)