Nguyen v Tran

(2018) 86 MVR 16; [2018] NSWCA 215

NSW Court of Appeal

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Interrogate

Catchwords

1. Torts
2. › Negligence
3. › Motor vehicle accident
4. › Whether respondent was passenger in vehicle at time of accident
5. › Whether claim fraudulent
6. › Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW), ss 83, 117, 118
1. Appeal
2. › Appeal by way of rehearing
3. › Fact finding on appeal
4. › Natural limitations of appellate court proceeding on the record
5. › Whether fact-finding process of primary judge miscarried
6. › Whether primary judge reversed onus of proof
7. › Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 75A
1. Evidence
2. › Standard of proof
3. › Civil proceedings
4. › Briginshaw principle
5. › Whether s 140 of Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) imposed requirement of 'clear or cogent or strict proof' on defendant denying plaintiff's claim
6. › Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 140
1. Evidence
2. › Burden of proof
3. › Onus in civil proceedings
4. › Whether defendant denying plaintiff's claim bears any positive burden to adduce evidence
5. › Whether 'tactical burden' shifts to defendant after plaintiff adduces evidence

Quick Take

A defendant who denies a plaintiff's claim bears no positive burden to adduce evidence to contradict the plaintiff's evidence; s 140 of the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) does not require a defendant to provide 'clear or cogent or strict proof' to make out a denial, but rather the gravity of the matters alleged is relevant to whether the court is satisfied the plaintiff has proved the claim.