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The Court found negligence in sheet piling works that damaged the Rayman home, rejected a non-delegable duty argument, and awarded damages plus interest.
The Court refused leave to appeal out of time from a Local Court negligence judgment, holding s 21(2) of the Pawnbrokers Act did not create a police duty of safekeeping.
The New South Wales Court of Appeal dismissed an employer’s appeal in a negligence claim arising from a documentary, holding psychiatric harm was reasonably foreseeable.
Employer negligence claim over a steel-beam crush injury succeeded. The Court found a breach of duty, no contributory negligence, and awarded $1,030,742.67.
The Supreme Court of New South Wales dismissed a representative negligence claim against the Murray-Darling Basin Authority over river operations and water allocation losses.
In a negligence damages assessment, the Court awarded Suzanne Fuchs $907,375.50 after a 10% contributory negligence reduction, with a global buffer for future earning loss.
The High Court considered whether a solicitor’s negligent advice on a pre-marriage financial agreement caused compensable loss and whether the claim was time-barred.
Strike-out motion in fire damage proceedings dismissed. The court held the negligence and nuisance pleadings were adequate, but allowed requests for further particulars of loss.
Fazldeen v State of New South Wales [2025] NSWDC 41
The plaintiff failed to prove a sexual relationship with a school staff member and, in any event, did not prove causation or loss. The claim was dismissed.
Irfan v Western Sydney Local Health District [2025] NSWSC 68
The court granted leave for the plaintiffs to rely on Professor Yan’s expert report in a medical negligence case about stroke care and clot retrieval.
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