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Negligence

Hornsby Shire Council v Salman

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.

  • Breach of duty
  • Obvious risk
  • Foreseeability
  • Causation
  • Australian standards
  • Occupiers' liability
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Negligence

Karzi v Toll Pty Ltd

Karzi v Toll Pty Ltd [2024] NSWCA 120

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.

  • Duty of care
  • Foreseeability
  • Psychiatric injury
  • Vicarious liability
  • Bullying and harassment
  • Evidence
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Tort law

Broadspectrum (Australia) Pty Ltd v Farmer

Broadspectrum (Australia) Pty Ltd v Farmer [2024] NSWCA 81

The Court of Appeal dismissed an employer and contractor appeal in a Nauru workplace injury case, upholding findings of causation, breach, and costs.

  • Duty of care
  • Causation
  • Breach of duty
  • Foreseeability
  • Occupier's liability
  • Worker's compensation
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Tort

Marmara v Kmart Australia Limited

Marmara v Kmart Australia Limited [2024] NSWDC 89

The District Court found Kmart breached its duty of care after a bulky bike box fell in a self-checkout area and injured a shopper.

  • Duty of care
  • Negligence
  • Foreseeability
  • Breach
  • Causation
  • Damages
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['negligence' 'personal injury' 'damages' 'civil procedure']

Health Care Corporation Pty Ltd t/as Wollongong Private Hospital v Cleary

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']
  • Negligence
  • Personal-injury
  • Causation
  • Damages
  • Foreseeability
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['negligence' 'workers compensation' 'personal injury']

Cavanagh v Manning Valley Race Club Ltd

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']
  • Negligence
  • Workplace-injury
  • Foreseeability
  • Inadequate-reasons
  • Employer-duty-of-care
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['land law' 'strata title']

Gregg v The Owners –Strata Plan No. 80881

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']
  • Strata-title
  • Common-property-repair
  • Owners-corporation-duty
  • Damages-for-lost-rent
  • Mitigation
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Torts

Ganassin v Ulan Coal Mines Limited

Ganassin v Ulan Coal Mines Limited [2020] NSWDC 652

An underground coal miner succeeded in negligence and work injury damages after a mine fire caused smoke inhalation and psychological injury.

  • Employer's duty of care
  • Psychological injury
  • Negligence
  • Contributory negligence
  • Workplace accident
  • Damages
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['civil procedure' 'torts']

PM v The Council of Trinity Grammar School

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.

  • ['pleadings' 'amendment of pleadings' 'negligence' 'vicarious liability' 'sexual assault' 'civil liability act 2002' 'limitation periods']
  • Pleadings
  • Amendment-of-pleadings
  • Negligence
  • Foreseeability
  • Civil-liability-act-2002
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['criminal law' 'work health and safety']

SafeWork NSW v BOC Limited

SafeWork NSW v BOC Limited [2020] NSWDC 156

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']
  • Work-health-and-safety
  • Category-2-offence
  • Medical-gas-systems
  • Risk-assessment
  • Safe-work-method-statement
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