The Court of Appeal dismissed Hornsby Shire Council’s appeal in a playground negligence case, holding the council breached its duty by not addressing the uneven surface.
The New South Wales Court of Appeal dismissed an employee’s negligence appeal over psychiatric injury, finding no breach, no pleaded vicarious liability, and no evidentiary error.
Health Care Corporation Pty Ltd t/as Wollongong Private Hospital v Cleary [2024] NSWCA 57
The Court of Appeal upheld liability in a hospital negligence case but reduced damages, finding some heads were unsupported or conceded and adjusting the award.
['patient conveyed in hospital bed impacting with a wall' 'foreseeability of risk' 'causation' 'past economic loss' 'future economic loss' 'future domestic assistance' 'future medical expenses' 'future equipment' 'civil liability act 2002 (nsw), s 13']
Cavanagh v Manning Valley Race Club Ltd [2022] NSWCA 36
The Court of Appeal held that the District Court gave inadequate reasons and failed to properly address liability evidence in a workplace injury negligence claim.
['workplace injury' "employer's duty of care" 'foreseeability' 'adequacy of reasons' 'contributory negligence' 'modified common law damages']
Gregg v The Owners –Strata Plan No. 80881 [2022] NSWCATCD 17
The Tribunal found the owners corporation breached its duty to maintain common property and awarded the lot owner $33,250 for lost rent.
['owners corporation duty to repair and maintain common property' 'damages for breach of statutory duty' 'loss of rent' 'mitigation' 'foreseeability' 'causation']
PM v The Council of Trinity Grammar School [2020] NSWSC 1353
The Court refused leave to file a further amended statement of claim because it did not properly plead the risk of harm or foreseeability under the Civil Liability Act.
Work health and safety prosecution over medical gas installation at a hospital failed after the Court found BOC had not been proved to have breached its duty beyond reasonable doubt.
['person conducting a business or undertaking' 'health and safety duty under s 19(2) of the work health and safety act 2011 (nsw)' 'reasonably practicable measures' 'medical gas pipeline installation and commissioning' 'cross-contamination of medical gases' 'safe work method statement' 'foreseeability' 'falsification of testing records' 'causation and exposure to risk of death or serious injury']