Aug 31, 2016 | Blameless motor accident, Recent cases
Whitfield v Melenewycz [2016] NSWCA 235 On 12 August 2011 the respondent driver was injured when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a kangaroo on an unsealed road in rural New South Wales. He brought proceedings in the Supreme Court against the first appellant...
Aug 29, 2016 | Appeal, Blameless motor accident, Practice & Procedure
Serrao (by his Tutor Serrao) v Cornelius (No.2) [2016] NSWCA 231 First, as I have noted, the respondent’s counsel expressly stated at the outset of the trial that he did not press the pleaded defence that the appellant had not been injured in a “blameless motor...
Dec 6, 2015 | Blameless motor accident, Recent cases
TORTS – motor accident compensation – blameless accident – kangaroo collides with motor cycle in the outback – only in Australia – statutory interpretation – whether driver can claim under no fault scheme – whether injuries occasioned by a “blameless motor accident” –...
