SW v MK (No. 5) [2019] NSWDC 242

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: SW v MK (No. 5) [2019] NSWDC 242 Hearing dates: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 November 2018; 27 March and 16 April 2019 Date of orders: 24 May 2019 Decision date: 24 May 2019 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Judgment for the defendant. (2) Plaintiff pay defendant's costs. (3) Liberty to apply in relation to costs. (4) Exhibits retained until further order. Catchwords: TORT – personal injury – whether circumstances in which the plaintiff, a taxi passenger, suffered serious injury arose because she had produced a knife and threatened the defendant, the taxi driver – negligence and causation – illegal enterprise - ss 5B, 5C, 5D, 52, 53 and 54 Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), ss 3B, 5B, 5C, 5D, 5G, 5S, 15C, 17A, 51, 52, 53 and 54 and Parts 1A and 7 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56 – 62 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 35, 59, 61, 64, 94, 97, 98 99, 117, 192D, 192E, 344A Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 140 Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW) Passenger Transport Regulation 2007 (NSW), clause 163(2) Cases Cited: Abdallah v Newton (1998) 28 MVR 364 Alat v Franklins Pty Ltd (2012) 15 DCLR (NSW) 203 Argo Managing Agency Ltd v Al Kammessy [2018] NSWCA 176 ASIC v Rich (2005) 213 ALR 338 Asim v Penrose & Anor [2010] NSWCA 366 Cockburn v Jacobson [2017] ACTSC 380 Cusack v Stayt [2000] NSWCA 244 Dean v Phung [2012] NSWCA 223 Goode v Angland [2017] NSWCA 311 Imbree v McNeilly; McNeilly v Imbree (2008) 236 CLR 510; [2008] HCA 40 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 King v Collins [2007] NSWCA 122 Lim v Cho [2018] NSWCA 145 LVMH Watch & Jewellery Australia Pty Limited v Michael Lassanah & Ors [2011] NSWCA 370 McGlen-McLeod v Galloway [2012] NSWCA 368 Miller v Miller [2011] HCA 9; 242 CLR 446 New South Wales v Lepore [2003] HCA 4 Nguyen v Tran [2018] NSWCA 215 Nielson v Willing [2001] WADC 15 Nowlan v Marson Transport Pty Ltd (2001) 53 NSWLR 116 QBE v Orcher; Bowcliff v Orcher [2013] NSWCA 478 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 Sahade v Bischoff [2015] NSWCA 418 Sangha v Baxter [2007] NSWCA 264 Sangha v Baxter [2009] NSWCA 78 Schultz v McCormack [2015] NSWCA 330 State of New South Wales v Moss (2000) 54 NSWLR 536 The Nominal Defendant v Cordin [2017] NSWCA 6 Thornton v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2011] EWHC 1884 (QB) Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) v Miller; Miller v Lithgow City Council [2015] NSWCA 320 Wallace v Kam [2012] NSWCA 82 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiff: SW Defendant: MK Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: Mr R S McIlwaine SC / Ms N Compton Defendant: Mr P Deakin QC / Mr A J Parker