Laybutt v Glover Gibbs Pty Ltd t/as Balfours NSW Pty Ltd

[2005] HCA 56
Judgment date
Case number
S47/2005
Before
Gleeson CJ, McHugh, Gummow, Callinan, Heydon JJ
Catchwords

Negligence – Duty of care – Employer and employee – Breach – Where employee requests instructions – Employer's duty to provide instructions.

Practice and procedure – Civil trial by jury – Whether trial judge should have entered a directed verdict – Sufficiency of evidence to sustain verdict – Application of common knowledge and experience by jury to question of negligence – Circumstances justifying reversal of a jury's verdict by appellate court.

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