Warren v Coombs and Another

[1979] HCA 9
(1979) 142 CLR 531
(1979) 53 ALJR 293
(1979) 23 ALR 405

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Warren
vCoombs and Another

Court:

Judges: Gibbs ACJ
Stephen J
Jacobs J
Murphy J
Aickin J

Legislative References:
Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) - s 75A(5)
Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1965 - The Act
Supreme Court Act 1970 - The Act

Case References:
Benmax v. Austin Motor Co Ltd - [1955] AC 370; [1955] 1 All ER 326
Cashman v. Kinnear - [1973] 2 NSWLR 495
Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand Ltd v. Murphy - (1973) 47 ALJR 122
Committee of Direction of Fruit Marketing and Schroder v. Spence - [1954] St R Qd 295
Da Costa v. Cockburn Salvage and Trading Pty Ltd - (1970) 124 CLR 192
Edwards v. Noble - (1971) 125 CLR 296; [1972] ALR 385
Flannery v. Cohuna Sewerage Authority - (1977) 51 ALJR 135
Jones v. Capaldi - (1956) 98 CLR 615
Mann v. Mann - (1957) 97 CLR 433
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board v. Procter - [1923] AC 253; 39 TLR 275
Montgomerie & Co Ltd v. Wallace-Jones - [1904] AC 73
O'Neill v. Chisholm - (1972) 47 ALJR 1
Paterson v. Paterson - (1953) 89 CLR 212
Piro v. W Foster & Co Ltd - (1943) 68 CLR 313
Powell v. Streatham Manor Nursing Home - [1935] AC 243
Qualcast (Wolverhampton) Ltd v. Haynes - [1959] AC 743; [1959] 2 All ER 38
SS Hontestroom v. SS Sagaporack - [1927] AC 37
Voulis v. Kozary - (1975) 7 ALR 126
Ward v. James - [1966] 1 QB 273; [1965] 1 All ER 563
Webb v. Bloch - (1928) 41 CLR 331
Whitely, Muir & Zwanenberg Ltd v. Kerr - (1966) 39 ALJR 505

Hearing date: 17 April 1978
Judgment date: 13 March 1979

Sydney

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Order

Appeal allowed with costs.

Order that the judgment of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Appeal) be set aside and that in lieu thereof it be ordered:--

(1)

That the appeal to that court be allowed with costs.

(2)

That the judgment of Yeldham J be set aside and that in lieu thereof judgment be entered for the plaintiff for $80,000 with costs.

J R Clarke QC and D A Cowdroy , for the appellant.

P McInerney QC and B Murray , for the respondents.

Solicitors for the appellant: Brady, Donald & Co .

Solicitor for the respondent: K R Beckton .