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Tiufino v Warland

Case [2000] NSWCA 110 3 May 2000

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Reported Decision: 50 NSWLR 104

New South Wales

Court of Appeal

CITATION: TIUFINO v WARLAND [2000] NSWCA 110

FILE NUMBER(S): CA 40889/98

HEARING DATE(S): 9 March 2000

JUDGMENT DATE:
3 May 2000

PARTIES :

TERESITA TIUFINO
v
RHONWEN WARLAND

JUDGMENT OF: Mason P at 1; Handley JA at 2; Powell JA at 52

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Common Law Division

LOWER COURT
FILE NUMBER(S) : 10174/94

LOWER COURT
JUDICIAL OFFICER : Dowd J

COUNSEL: Dr A S Morrison SC/S M Kettle (Appellant)
D F Jackson QC/ A R Ashburner (Respondent)

SOLICITORS: Stacks The Law Firm (Appellant)
Ferguson Holz (Respondent)

CATCHWORDS: RES JUDICATA - issue estoppel - motor vehicle accident - concurrent proceedings raising common issues pending in an inferior and superior court - proceedings between same parties for property damage determined in Local Court before proceedings for personal injury heard in Supreme Court - whether issues the same - whether single duty of care - effect of no contributory negligence finding - no special circumstances displacing issue estoppel - whether abuse of process

LEGISLATION CITED: Local Courts (Civil Claims) Act 1970 (NSW)
Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW)
Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic)
Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1965 (NSW)

CASES CITED:
Symonds v Dimsdale (1848) 2 Ex 533 [154 ER 603]
Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378
R v Middlesex JJ ex parte Bond [1933] 1 KB 72
In re Harris (1936) 37 SR (NSW) 17
Kaye v Kaye [1965] P 100
Lanitis v Lanitis [1970] 1 WLR 503
Boyd v Halstead ex parte Halstead [1985] 2 Qd R 249
National Employers Mutual General Insurance Association Ltd v Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Ltd (1989) 17 NSWLR 223
Jackson v Goldsmith (1950) 81 CLR 446
Noall v Middleton [1961] VR 285
Ramsay v Pigram (1968) 118 CLR 271
Azzopardi v Bois [1968] VR 183
Bollen v Hickson [1981] Qd R 249 FC
Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464
Ex parte The Amalgamated Engineering Union (Australian Section) Re Jackson (1937) 38 SR (NSW) 13
Marginson v Blackburn BC [1939] 2 KB 426
Arnold v National Westminster Bank plc [1991] 2 AC 93
O'Toole v Charles David Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 232
Linsley v Petrie [1998] 1 VR 427 CA
Hunter v Chief Constable [1982] AC 529
Wall v Radford [1991] 2 All ER 741
Craddocks Transport Ltd v Stewart [1970] NZLR 499
Talbot v Berkshire CC [1994] QB 290 CA
Bollen v Hickson [1981] Qd R 249
Webb v Davey [1982] Qd R 356
Brunsden v Humphrey (1884) 14 QBD 141
Thoday v Thoday [1964] P 181 CA
Jackson v Goldsmith (1950) 81 CLR 446
Clyne v Yardley [1959] NZLR 617
Shaw v Sloan [1982] NI 393 CA
Barisic v Devenport [1978] 2 NSWLR 111 CA
O'Connell v Jackson [1972] 1 QB 270 CA
Reichel v Magrath (1889) 14 App Cas 665

DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs

THE SUPREME COURT
OF NEW SOUTH WALES
COURT OF APPEAL

40889/98
CLD 10174/94

MASON P
HANDLEY JA
POWELL…

Grounds of appeal

[14] The appellant contends that the primary judge erred in finding that the respondent had discharged the onus of establishing the matters required under the relevant provision.

[15] It was submitted that his Honour failed to give adequate weight to the evidence of the second witness, and that the findings of fact were not reasonably open on the material before the Court.

[16] The respondent, for its part, submits that no error is disclosed, and that the conclusions reached were well within the range of outcomes available to the primary judge.

Consideration

[17] It is convenient to deal first with the question of construction, as the resolution of that issue informs the remaining grounds advanced by the appellant.

[18] For the reasons that follow, we are of the view that the appeal should be allowed in part and the matter remitted for further determination.

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Details

AGLC: Tiufino v Warland [2000] NSWCA 110
Case: [2000] NSWCA 110
Decision Date: 3 May 2000

CaseChat Overview and Summary

The parties to this matter were Tiufino (the appellant) and Warland (the respondent). The dispute arose from a motor vehicle accident. Proceedings for property damage resulting from the accident had been determined in the Local Court prior to the hearing of proceedings for personal injury in the Supreme Court. The appellant sought to argue that the issues in the two sets of proceedings were not the same, and that there were special circumstances that would displace the doctrine of issue estoppel, or that the Supreme Court proceedings constituted an abuse of process.

The central legal issues before the Court of Appeal were whether issue estoppel applied to prevent the Supreme Court from re-litigating issues already determined in the Local Court, and whether the continuation of the Supreme Court proceedings constituted an abuse of process. Specifically, the court had to consider whether the issues in the property damage claim and the personal injury claim were sufficiently the same, and the effect of a finding of no contributory negligence in the Local Court proceedings on the subsequent personal injury claim.

The Court of Appeal held that the issues in both proceedings were the same, as they both concerned the single duty of care owed by the appellant to the respondent arising from the motor vehicle accident. The finding of no contributory negligence in the Local Court was a determination of a material fact relevant to the appellant's liability in the Supreme Court proceedings. The court found no special circumstances that would justify departing from the doctrine of issue estoppel, nor that the proceedings constituted an abuse of process.

The appeal was dismissed with costs.

Orders

Orders of the court

Appeal dismissed with costs

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[1998] VSCA 52

…n BC [1939] 2 KB 426 Arnold v National Westminster Bank plc [1991] 2 AC 93 O'Toole v Charles David Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 232 Linsley v Petrie [1998] 1 VR 427 CA Hunter v Chief Constable [1982] AC 529 Wall v Radford [1991] 2 All ER 741 Craddocks Transport Ltd v Stewart [1970] NZLR 499 Talbot v Berkshire CC…
Walton v Gardiner
[1993] HCA 77

…ct 1970 (NSW) Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1965 (NSW) CASES CITED: Symonds v Dimsdale (1848) 2 Ex 533 [154 ER 603] Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378 R v Middlesex JJ ex parte Bond [1933] 1 KB 72 In re Harris (1936) 37 SR (NSW) 17 Kaye v Kaye [1965] P 100 Lanitis v Lanitis [1970] 1 WLR…
O'Toole v Charles David Pty Ltd
[1991] HCA 14

…(1937) 38 SR (NSW) 13 Marginson v Blackburn BC [1939] 2 KB 426 Arnold v National Westminster Bank plc [1991] 2 AC 93 O'Toole v Charles David Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 232 Linsley v Petrie [1998] 1 VR 427 CA Hunter v Chief Constable [1982] AC 529 Wall v Radford [1991] 2 All ER 741 Craddocks Transport Ltd v Stewart [1970…
Ramsay v Pigram
[1968] HCA 34

…on Ltd v Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Ltd (1989) 17 NSWLR 223 Jackson v Goldsmith (1950) 81 CLR 446 Noall v Middleton [1961] VR 285 Ramsay v Pigram (1968) 118 CLR 271 Azzopardi v Bois [1968] VR 183 Bollen v Hickson [1981] Qd R 249 FC Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464 Ex parte The Amalgamated Engineering Union (Austr…
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[1950] HCA 22

…] 2 Qd R 249 National Employers Mutual General Insurance Association Ltd v Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Ltd (1989) 17 NSWLR 223 Jackson v Goldsmith (1950) 81 CLR 446 Noall v Middleton [1961] VR 285 Ramsay v Pigram (1968) 118 CLR 271 Azzopardi v Bois [1968] VR 183 Bollen v Hickson [1981] Qd R 249 FC Blair v Curran…
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[1939] HCA 23

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[1982] AC 529
[1982] AC 529

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…td v Stewart [1970] NZLR 499 Talbot v Berkshire CC [1994] QB 290 CA Bollen v Hickson [1981] Qd R 249 Webb v Davey [1982] Qd R 356 Brunsden v Humphrey (1884) 14 QBD 141 Thoday v Thoday [1964] P 181 CA Jackson v Goldsmith (1950) 81 CLR 446 Clyne v Yardley [1959] NZLR 617 Shaw v Sloan [1982] NI 393 CA Barisic v Devenpo…
[1991] 2 AC 93
[1991] 2 AC 93

…gineering Union (Australian Section) Re Jackson (1937) 38 SR (NSW) 13 Marginson v Blackburn BC [1939] 2 KB 426 Arnold v National Westminster Bank plc [1991] 2 AC 93 O'Toole v Charles David Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 232 Linsley v Petrie [1998] 1 VR 427 CA Hunter v Chief Constable [1982] AC 529 Wall v Radford [1991] 2…
(1889) 14 App Cas 665
(1889) 14 App Cas 665

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106 ER 1027

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Symonds v Dimsdale
154 ER 603

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Reichel v Magrath
(1889) 14 AC 665

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[1939] 2 KB 426
[1939] 2 KB 426

…v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464 Ex parte The Amalgamated Engineering Union (Australian Section) Re Jackson (1937) 38 SR (NSW) 13 Marginson v Blackburn BC [1939] 2 KB 426 Arnold v National Westminster Bank plc [1991] 2 AC 93 O'Toole v Charles David Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 232 Linsley v Petrie [1998] 1 VR 427 CA Hunter v…
[1933] 1 KB 72
[1933] 1 KB 72

…ions) Act 1965 (NSW) CASES CITED: Symonds v Dimsdale (1848) 2 Ex 533 [154 ER 603] Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378 R v Middlesex JJ ex parte Bond [1933] 1 KB 72 In re Harris (1936) 37 SR (NSW) 17 Kaye v Kaye [1965] P 100 Lanitis v Lanitis [1970] 1 WLR 503 Boyd v Halstead ex parte Halstead [1985] 2 Qd R 249 Na…
[1970] 1 WLR 503
[1970] 1 WLR 503

…rdiner (1993) 177 CLR 378 R v Middlesex JJ ex parte Bond [1933] 1 KB 72 In re Harris (1936) 37 SR (NSW) 17 Kaye v Kaye [1965] P 100 Lanitis v Lanitis [1970] 1 WLR 503 Boyd v Halstead ex parte Halstead [1985] 2 Qd R 249 National Employers Mutual General Insurance Association Ltd v Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Ltd…
[1970] NZLR 499
[1970] NZLR 499

…R 232 Linsley v Petrie [1998] 1 VR 427 CA Hunter v Chief Constable [1982] AC 529 Wall v Radford [1991] 2 All ER 741 Craddocks Transport Ltd v Stewart [1970] NZLR 499 Talbot v Berkshire CC [1994] QB 290 CA Bollen v Hickson [1981] Qd R 249 Webb v Davey [1982] Qd R 356 Brunsden v Humphrey (1884) 14 QBD 141 Thoday v T…
[1994] QB 290
[1994] QB 290

…CA Hunter v Chief Constable [1982] AC 529 Wall v Radford [1991] 2 All ER 741 Craddocks Transport Ltd v Stewart [1970] NZLR 499 Talbot v Berkshire CC [1994] QB 290 CA Bollen v Hickson [1981] Qd R 249 Webb v Davey [1982] Qd R 356 Brunsden v Humphrey (1884) 14 QBD 141 Thoday v Thoday [1964] P 181 CA Jackson v Gold…
[1959] NZLR 617
[1959] NZLR 617

…b v Davey [1982] Qd R 356 Brunsden v Humphrey (1884) 14 QBD 141 Thoday v Thoday [1964] P 181 CA Jackson v Goldsmith (1950) 81 CLR 446 Clyne v Yardley [1959] NZLR 617 Shaw v Sloan [1982] NI 393 CA Barisic v Devenport [1978] 2 NSWLR 111 CA O'Connell v Jackson [1972] 1 QB 270 CA Reichel v Magrath (1889) 14 App Cas 66…
[1972] 1 QB 270
[1972] 1 QB 270

…ldsmith (1950) 81 CLR 446 Clyne v Yardley [1959] NZLR 617 Shaw v Sloan [1982] NI 393 CA Barisic v Devenport [1978] 2 NSWLR 111 CA O'Connell v Jackson [1972] 1 QB 270 CA Reichel v Magrath (1889) 14 App Cas 665 DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs…
[1942] WN 89
[1942] WN 89

…judicial pronouncements and do not decide anything. See Practice Note [1942] WN 89, PC per Viscount Simon LC. Mrs Tiufino and her legal advisers were not entitled to rely on his Honour’s statement as legal advice which, unless immediately challenged by their opponents, would be binding on the parties. 25 The ac…

Legislation cited in this decision · 4

Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1965 (ACT)
10(1).) 2 mentions
Local Courts (Civil Claims) Act 1970 (NSW)
1 mention
Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW)
1 mention
Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic)
1 mention

CITATION:	TIUFINO v WARLAND [2000] NSWCA 110
FILE NUMBER(S):	CA 40889/98
HEARING DATE(S):	9 March 2000
JUDGMENT DATE:	3 May 2000
PARTIES :	TERESITA TIUFINO v RHONWEN WARLAND
JUDGMENT OF:	Mason P at 1; Handley JA at 2; Powell JA at 52

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION :	Supreme Court - Common Law Division
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) :	10174/94
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER :	Dowd J

COUNSEL:	Dr A S Morrison SC/S M Kettle (Appellant) D F Jackson QC/ A R Ashburner (Respondent)
SOLICITORS:	Stacks The Law Firm (Appellant) Ferguson Holz (Respondent)
CATCHWORDS:	RES JUDICATA - issue estoppel - motor vehicle accident - concurrent proceedings raising common issues pending in an inferior and superior court - proceedings between same parties for property damage determined in Local Court before proceedings for personal injury heard in Supreme Court - whether issues the same - whether single duty of care - effect of no contributory negligence finding - no special circumstances displacing issue estoppel - whether abuse of process
LEGISLATION CITED:	Local Courts (Civil Claims) Act 1970 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1965 (NSW)
CASES CITED:	Symonds v Dimsdale (1848) 2 Ex 533 [154 ER 603] Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378 R v Middlesex JJ ex parte Bond [1933] 1 KB 72 In re Harris (1936) 37 SR (NSW) 17 Kaye v Kaye [1965] P 100 Lanitis v Lanitis [1970] 1 WLR 503 Boyd v Halstead ex parte Halstead [1985] 2 Qd R 249 National Employers Mutual General Insurance Association Ltd v Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Ltd (1989) 17 NSWLR 223 Jackson v Goldsmith (1950) 81 CLR 446 Noall v Middleton [1961] VR 285 Ramsay v Pigram (1968) 118 CLR 271 Azzopardi v Bois [1968] VR 183 Bollen v Hickson [1981] Qd R 249 FC Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464 Ex parte The Amalgamated Engineering Union (Australian Section) Re Jackson (1937) 38 SR (NSW) 13 Marginson v Blackburn BC [1939] 2 KB 426 Arnold v National Westminster Bank plc [1991] 2 AC 93 O'Toole v Charles David Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 232 Linsley v Petrie [1998] 1 VR 427 CA Hunter v Chief Constable [1982] AC 529 Wall v Radford [1991] 2 All ER 741 Craddocks Transport Ltd v Stewart [1970] NZLR 499 Talbot v Berkshire CC [1994] QB 290 CA Bollen v Hickson [1981] Qd R 249 Webb v Davey [1982] Qd R 356 Brunsden v Humphrey (1884) 14 QBD 141 Thoday v Thoday [1964] P 181 CA Jackson v Goldsmith (1950) 81 CLR 446 Clyne v Yardley [1959] NZLR 617 Shaw v Sloan [1982] NI 393 CA Barisic v Devenport [1978] 2 NSWLR 111 CA O'Connell v Jackson [1972] 1 QB 270 CA Reichel v Magrath (1889) 14 App Cas 665
DECISION:	Appeal dismissed with costs