Vincent v Woolworths Ltd and Vincent v Counterpoint Marketing & Sales Pty Ltd

[2015] NSWSC 435

Supreme Court of NSW

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For Australian Law.

1. Torts
2. › negligence
3. › liability for injury at work due to collision with trolley at supermarket operated by Woolworths
4. › duty of care owed by Woolworths as the occupier of the premises to an entrant working in the course of their employment for their employer
5. › whether the risk of personal injury is insignificant where risk of harm is reasonably foreseeable
1. Torts
2. › negligence
3. › liability for injury at work due to collision with a trolley at a supermarket
4. › duty of care owed by an employer where the employee was working as a merchandiser at another’s premises
5. › whether risk was foreseeable according to the common law principles
1. Torts
2. › contingent finding
3. › response to identifiable risk
4. › assessment of the burden of alleviating risk by both the employer and the occupier of the premises
5. › where both businesses operate on a national scale
1. Damages
2. › torts
3. › negligence
4. › workers compensation
5. › contingent finding
6. › application of Seltsam Pty Ltd v Ghaleb