State of New South Wales v. DC & Anor
Case No.
S35/2017
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
10/08/2016 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Appeal) (Basten JA, Ward JA, Sackville AJA)
Catchwords
Negligence – Duty of care – Vicarious liability – Where stepfather sexually abused respondents – Where Department removed respondents after receiving complaint from one of the respondents – Where stepfather continued to have contact with respondents – Children Welfare Act 1939 (NSW) s 148B – Whether appellant owed duty of care to respondents that extended to reporting allegations against stepfather to police – Whether Court of Appeal erred in failing to identify basis upon which appellant liable directly or vicariously in circumstances where no finding that any officer negligent.
Documents
10/02/2017 Hearing (SLA, Canberra v/link Sydney)
23/02/2017 Notice of appeal
17/03/2017 Written submissions (Appellant)
17/03/2017 Chronology (Appellant)
07/04/2017 Written submissions (Respondents)
07/04/2017 Chronology (Respondents)
21/04/2017 Reply
10/05/2017 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
14/06/2017 Judgment (Judgment summary)