Nguyen v Tran [2018] NSWCA 215

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Nguyen v Tran [2018] NSWCA 215 Hearing dates: 13 July 2018 Decision date: 28 September 2018 Before: Beazley P at [1]; Emmett AJA at [91]; Bellew J at [105] Decision: 1. Grant leave to appeal;

2. Appeal allowed;

3. Set aside the orders of Norton SC DCJ made on 23 November 2017;

4. Judgment for the appellant;

5. The respondent to pay the costs of the appeal and in the court below;

6. Direct the appellant to inform the Court of the course she wishes to take in relation to the recovery of monies paid to the respondent. Catchwords: TORTS – Negligence – Motor vehicle accident – whether primary judge erred in accepting evidence that the respondent was in the car at the time of the accident – whether fact finding process of primary judge miscarried Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss128, 140 Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW), ss 83, 117, 118 Motor Accidents Injuries Bill 2017 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 75A, 101 Cases Cited: Antoun v Chidiac [2017] NSWDC 208 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336; [1938] HCA 34 Carolan v AMF Bowling Pty Ltd [1995] NSWCA 69 Dearman v Dearman (1908) 7 CLR 549; [1908] HCA 84 Devries v Australian National Railways Commission (1993) 177 CLR 472; [1993] HCA 78 Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118; [2003] HCA 22 FTZK v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2014) 310 ALR 1; [2014] HCA 26 Insurance Australia Ltd v Checchia (2011) 80 NSWLR 1; [2011] NSWCA 101 Lee v NSW Crime Commission (2012) 224 A Crim R 94; [2012] NSWCA 262 Murray v Sheldon Commercial Interiors Pty Ltd [2016] NSWCA 77 Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd (1992) 110 ALR 449; [1992] HCA 66 New South Wales v Hathaway [2010] NSWCA 184 Nominal Defendant v Smith (2015) 73 MVR 257; [2015] NSWCA 339 Warren v Coombes (1979) 142 CLR 531; [1979] HCA 9 Texts Cited: Explanatory Note to the Motor Accidents Compensation Bill 1999 (NSW) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Thi Thuy Tien Nguyen (Appellant) Van Nam Tran (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: K Rewell SC (Appellant) L King SC; J Trainor (Respondent)