hamilton v papakura district council
[para. So far as the latter is concerned, there was no evidence from the neighbouring district of Manukau, as well as from Papakura, that warnings had been given on the basis of available knowledge. Bag of sugar fell on plaintiff's head. Supplying water for the purpose of covered crop cultivation is supplying it for a particular purpose in terms of section 16(a) of the 1908 Act. The Hamiltons appealed. A lawyer may be liable for breach of duty if you can prove that they did not act as a reasonable barrister would have (concerned the acceptance of a settlement). The claim in nuisance and in Rylands v Fletcher was against Watercare alone. Hamilton v Papakura District Council and Watercare Services Ltd: PC 28 Feb 2002 (New Zealand) The claimants sought damages. Strict liability - Application of rule in Rylands v. Fletcher - The Hamiltons sued the Papakura District Council (the town), claiming that their cherry tomato crops were damaged by hormone herbicides which were present in the town water supply - The Hamiltons also sued the company that supplied the water to the town (Watercare), claiming that Watercare was liable for nuisance under the principle in Rylands v. Fletcher - The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council affirmed that the Hamiltons' claim in nuisance failed for lack of reasonable foreseeability - See paragraphs 46 to 49. Liability of municipalities - Negligence - Re water supply - [See . Hamilton (appellants) v. Papakura District Council and Watercare Services Ltd. (respondents) ( [2002] UKPC 9) Indexed As: Hamilton v. Papakura District Council et al. Breach of duty. Learn. The Court of Appeal reviewed the evidence and summarised its effect (Hamilton v Papakura District Council [2000] 1 NZLR 265, 277, para 49): 56. Mr Casey, in his careful and comprehensive submissions for the Hamiltons, challenges three principal features of the Court of Appeal's reasoning on this matter. The dispute centres around the first two. Watercare in its statement of defence responded that the bulk water which it supplied to Papakura was potable and complied with the 1995 Standards. Cir. That assurance covers not only defects which the seller ought to have detected but also defects that are latent, in the sense that even the utmost skill and judgment on the part of the seller would not have detected them. Torts - Topic 2004 The appellants contend that in these passages the courts confused foreseeability with knowledge. 64]. Factors to be taken into account by a reasonable person, to determine if there has been a breach: To achieve the only higher grade, A1, the management systems associated with the treatment plant needed to have been the subject of accreditation in terms of the requirements of the International Standards Organisation (ISO 9000 or equivalent). The Hamiltons must also show that Papakura knew of their reliance. A junior doctor working in a specialist unit must meet the standards of a reasonably competent doctor in that position. [para. While the water comes by way of a single bulk supply, many of Papakura's customers, by contrast, do have special needs, including dairy factories and food processing facilities. The Ashington Piggeries case did not apply because in this case there was one supply of one product. It necessarily has some characteristics in common The relevant current statute is the Local Government Act. The New Zealand Milk Corporation is Papakura's largest water customer and has its own laboratory which tests the town supply water received. In this case it is accepted that the third precondition is satisfied. Get 2 points on providing a valid reason for the above The Hamiltons used the water sold to them by Papakura in the expectation that it would be suitable for the purpose of growing their crops in being free from harmful constituents. The judgments in this case are however clear. Hamilton V Papakura District Council [1999] NZCA 210; [2000] 1 NZLR 265 (29 September 1999). 5. the above matters must be balanced out. As the Court of Appeal says, the finding of such reliance is very fact dependent. Held: Dismissing the companys appeal, the water supplier had a general duty to supply water to accepted standards. Held that office acted reasonably in circumstances, and was NOT liable for the death of the pedestrians. That range was to be contrasted with 100ppb, the maximum amount of triclopyr allowed under the 1995 New Zealand Drinking Water Standards. ]. As the Board made clear in Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v Miller Steamship Co Pty (Wagon Mound No 2) [1967] 1 AC 617, 643, damage is foreseeable only when there is a real risk of damage, that is one which would occur to the mind of a reasonable person in the position of the defendant and one which he would not brush aside as far fetched. Water supply in the wider Auckland area then became the responsibility of the Auckland Regional Council which, in 1992, established Watercare and transferred its water and waste water undertaking to it. 57. The consequence was the damage to the tomatoes. 47. Hamilton v Papakura District Council [2002] UKPC 9 is a cited case in New Zealand regarding liabililty under tort for negligence under Rylands v Fletcher. Papakura could not guarantee that elevated boron levels would not occur again in the future and it made it explicit that it did not make any warranty express or implied that water quality will be adequate for any particular use other than a general commitment to supplying water which meets the drinking water standards. In our view the same approach has to be applied in this case. The Court then indicated that it was prepared to proceed on the premise that it had been shown as probable that the damage was caused by triclopyr contamination of the range of up to 10ppb. Interact directly with CaseMine users looking for advocates in your area of specialization. 51. Great Britain. ), refd to. Car ran out of control and killed two pedestrians. 1963). technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research. H Hamilton v Papakura District Council Hart v O'Connor J Jennings v Buchanan L Lange v Atkinson Lee v Lee's Air Farming Ltd M Meridian Global Funds Management Asia Ltd v Securities Commission Money v Ven-Lu-Ree Ltd N NZ Shipping Co Ltd v A M Satterthwaite & Co Ltd Neylon v Dickens P Pratt Contractors Ltd v Transit New Zealand 44. Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world. 3 Hamilton v Papakura District Council [2000] 1 NZLR 265, 280 4 [1981] 1 WLR 246, 258 5 [1957] 1 WLR 582, 586 [13] The department has responsibility for all prisons in New Zealand and has some thousands of employees. [para. 37. The House of Lords unanimously rejected that argument. DISSENTING JUDGMENT DELIVERED BY LORD HUTTON AND. 66. 259 (QB), Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada). Hamilton v. Papakura District Council (2002), 295 N.R. Citation. Defendants were not liable for driving a lorry with a negligently fastened jack to an emergency callout, when the jack moved and hit the plaintiff. Held he was NOT negligent because he was unaware of the disabling event. 163 (PC), G.J. Rebuilding After the COVID-19 PANDEMIC. The claims in nuisance, of having allowed the escape of materials brought onto their land, failed because there was no forseeability of this damage. 2. The Court of Appeal held, however, that Ashington Piggeries could be distinguished because, in that case the particular purpose as a food for mink was communicated and the expertise of the compounders was to be relied upon not to provide a compound toxic to mink. )(.65)^x(.35)^{5-x}}{(x ! Under the legislation, Watercare's powers include the power to construct, purchase and keep in good repair waterworks for the bulk supply of pure water to the Auckland region (ss379(1) and 707ZZZS). They contend, however, that they made that purpose known by implication . . Subjective test. Two of the criteria for the grading are that continuous quality monitoring is installed and that the treatment plant should be operated and managed by appropriately qualified personnel. Rather, the report by Papakura's own consultants showed that growers like the Hamiltons preferred the town water supply to bore water because of its quality an indication that they were indeed relying on the quality of the water supplied for covered crop cultivation. An alternative to lists of cases, the Precedent Map makes it easier to establish which ones may be of most relevance to your research and prioritise further reading. Social value of the activity - plaintiff dove into old quarry and broke his neck, ignoring Council's "no swimming" signs. Standard of reasonable adult is usually applied to 15-16 year olds. Tauranga Electric Power Board v Karora Kohu. The manager accepted that, if he became aware of users who believed the water was pure enough for their needs and had reason to believe that might not be so, he would feel obliged to advise them of the risk. 265, refd to. Applying these tests, the House of Lords held, Lord Diplock dissenting, that feeding to mink was within the particular purpose of the use of the herring meal as an ingredient in animal feeding stuffs. However, the Court continued, that proposition did not avoid, indeed it emphasised the importance of, the statutory requirement that the particular purpose be made known by the buyer to the seller. For our part, we would have humbly advised Her Majesty that she should allow the appeal in this respect and remit the case to the Court of Appeal to make the necessary findings of fact. Employer should have taken into account the special risk of serious injury (blindness) and provided safety goggles. Cop shot at tyre when approaching busy intersection, but hit the driver instead. What is meant by the claim that memory is reconstructive? Use our proprietary AI tool CaseIQ to find other relevant judgments with just one click. For the reasons which we have given we consider that the Court of Appeal erred in law in making their assessment of the evidence and hence in the conclusions which they drew from it in respect of the requirements of section 16(a). Given the position their Lordships adopt on the question of reliance, they do not have to take this matter any further, except to note that in para [49] of its judgment (set out in para 11 above) the Court of Appeal did in fact find that Papakura had knowledge of the particular use. Donate. The Hamiltons did not have the necessary knowledge about the purity of Papakura's water supply or about the various factors which might affect it. Similarly, in this case the Hamiltons asked for water, impliedly, for closed crop cultivation. This ground of appeal accordingly fails. A person suffering an incapacity who willingly puts themselves in a position to cause harm WILL be held to be negligent. Common practise of a trade is highly influential, but not decisive. Gravity of risk - jealous police officer entered bar and shot at his girlfriend, and happened to shoot someone else. 43. A second, distinct reason is provided by the requirement of foreseeability. Billy Higgs & Sons Ltd v Baddeley The question then is whether, on the evidence, using the water for cultivating tomatoes or cherry tomatoes was a normal use within that particular purpose, was something for which Papakura 'should reasonably have contemplated that it was not unlikely the water would be used. As Lord Sumner pointed out in Manchester Liners Ltd v Rea Ltd [1922] 2 AC 74, 90 the words of section 16(a) are 'so as to show not and shows . Negligence - Duty of care - General principles - Scope of duty - [See In the words of the Supreme Court of Canada in Munshaw Colour Service Ltd v City of Vancouver (1962) 33 DLR (2d) 719,727, supported by the evidence of the general manager of Manukau Water (a neighbouring district). The claimant had failed to show that it had brought its particular needs to the attention of the water company, and a claim in contract failed. Please log in or sign up for a free trial to access this feature. Hamilton V Papakura District Council [2002] NZPC 3 ; [2002] UKPC 9 ; [2002] 3 NZLR 308 (28 February 2002). Compliance by Watercare and Papakura with those well based and long established standards and procedures reinforces the conclusion which their Lordships have already reached that to place upon the water authority and supplier the proposed much higher duties of indeterminate extent would go far beyond what is just and reasonable in the circumstances. Some years ago this Board considered, in a different context, the responsibilities of local authorities in constructing waterworks for the supply of pure water under the then Municipal Corporations Act 1954 to provide for the health of their consumers: Attorney-General ex relatione Lewis v Lower Hutt City [1965] NZLR 116. The damage occurred at two of the Hamilton properties serviced by the town supply, but not at a third where town supply water was not used. 27. Only full case reports are accepted in court. STOPPING GOVERNMENT OVERREACH. 12 year old threw a metal dart, and accidentally hit girl in eye. contains alphabet). Proof of negligence - In the next section, we show that the probability distribution for xxx is given by the formula: It is convenient to recall the requirements of s16(a) of the Sale of Goods Act and to relate them to the present facts: 16. Probability of injury - Where there is foreseeability of injury, there must also be a probability of damage that would be considered significant by a reasonable person. 556 (C.A. Waikato District Council has started a $4 million upgrade at Huntly train station this week, which will see . The Court continued: 33. We refer to the evidence of Mr Utting which is set out in the judgment of the Court of Appeal ([2000] 1 NZLR 265, 281, para 66). Hill (Christopher) Ltd. v. Ashington Piggeries Ltd.; Hill (Christopher) Ltd. v. Norsildmel, [1972] A.C. 441 (H.L. Such knowledge might indeed arise directly from the Drinking Water Standards : for instance, those for 1984 had expressly stated that, while the safe level of boron for human intake is 5g/m3, some glasshouse plants are damaged above 0.5g/m3. The Court referred to its conclusion that the High Court was correct in deciding that the damage complained of was not reasonably foreseeable as required to establish liability in negligence. Ltd. (1994), 179 C.L.R. The defendant appealed a finding that he was liable in damages. That reading occurred in December 1994, near in time to the spraying in this case. swarb.co.uk is published by David Swarbrick of 10 Halifax Road, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, HD6 2AG. [para. How convincing is this evidence? Conditions and warranties - Implied or statutory terms as to quality or fitness - Fitness or suitability of goods - The Hamiltons sued the Papakura District Council (the town) for breach of contract, claiming that their cherry tomato crops were damaged by hormone herbicides which were present in the town water supply - The Hamiltons based their claim against the town on s. 16(a) of the Sale of Goods Act (i.e., the Hamiltons alleged that the town breached an implied term in its contract for the supply of water suitable for horticultural use) - The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council affirmed the dismissal of the Hamiltons' claim, where the Hamiltons failed to show that the town knew that the Hamiltons were relying on the town's skill and judgment in ensuring that the bulk water supply would be reasonably fit for the particular purpose - See paragraphs 9 to 26. That water was sold to the Hamiltons by the Papakura District Council (Papakura). 59. The court must, however, consider all the relevant evidence. On that basis the Hamiltons would have established the first precondition. Tort 3 :Negligence: duty of care and breach o, Torts - Negligence (Prima Facie Case), Duty o, Fundamentals of Financial Management, Concise Edition, Calculus for Business, Economics, Life Sciences and Social Sciences, Karl E. Byleen, Michael R. Ziegler, Michae Ziegler, Raymond A. Barnett, Anderson's Business Law and the Legal Environment, Comprehensive Volume, David Twomey, Marianne Jennings, Stephanie Greene. 68. By clicking on this tab, you are expressly stating that you were one of the attorneys appearing in this matter. The legislation in terms of which the respondents supply the water is part of the context in which all of the Hamiltons claims, and in particular those in negligence, are to be seen. Solar energy cells. 6 In the footnotes: Court of Appeal of New Zealand decisions from the New Zealand Legal Information Institute (NZLII) website. 57 of 2000 (1) G.J. Thus, the damage was foreseeable. ), refd to. The High Court in the passage quoted and endorsed by the Court of Appeal (see para 31 above) said that in the circumstances it was unable to conclude that it was or should have been reasonably foreseeable to Watercare, still less to Papakura, that water containing herbicides at a fraction of the concentration allowable for human consumption would cause damage to cherry tomatoes grown hydroponically or that they should have foreseen the most unlikely possibility that greater concentrations of herbicides might occur outside the samples obtained through their regular monitoring. If the duty is put in terms of all uses, even all uses known to Papakura, the duty would be extraordinarily broad. The law of negligence was never intended to impose such costs and impracticability. Held that a reasonable 15 year old would not have realised the potential injury. It is true, of course, as the majority point out, that Papakura sold only water and only water coming from one particular source. 3 H.L. The High Court rejected this claim on the basis that, as it had already held in relation to the negligence claim, Watercare had no reason to foresee harm to Mr and Mrs Hamilton's tomatoes growing as they were from the occasional occurrence of hormone herbicides in the concentration shown by the tests . Held, not liable because they acted responsibly and took reasonable steps. Yes. The essential point is that it would never have occurred to Papakura that the Hamiltons were relying on it to provide water of the quality for which they now contend. Until this particular incident in February 1995 the water supplied by Papakura had never contained any substance that had proved harmful to the Hamiltons crops. ), refd to. The Court of Appeal also quoted that passage, slightly more fully, as follows: 21. While that conclusion supported the Hamiltons claim, the next, critical sentence and two supporting paragraphs did not: 13. CA held that the defendant was physically incapable of taking care and was NOT responsible. Social value - Successful action against police, where police pursuit resulted in a crash. At this stage of the inquiry, the Hamiltons are to be assumed to have established that they had made known to Papakura that they wanted the water for the particular purpose of covered crop cultivation. Held: There was reliance as to the suitability of the ingredients only.Lord Diplock said: Unless the Sale of Goods Act 1893 is to be allowed . Subscribers are able to see the list of results connected to your document through the topics and citations Vincent found. The plants were particularly sensitive to such chemicals. Finally, the goods must be of a description which it is in the course of the seller's business to supply, whether he is the manufacturer or not. With respect to contractual liability of the town, the Hamiltons relied on s. 16(a) of the Sale of Goods Act (i.e., the Hamiltons alleged that the town breached an implied term in its contract for the supply of water suitable for horticultural use). The tests are for chemical and related matters. According to the statement of claim, Watercare had duties: 29. 4. any conflicting responsibilities of the defendant Judicial Committee of the Privy Council The grades are A1, A, B, C, D and E. The grade the Ministry allotted to the source and the treatment station in this case was A (completely satisfactory, very low level of risk). He drove into plaintiff's shop. 32. The Hamiltons pleaded that Watercare brought onto its land in the catchment area a substance, namely hormonal herbicide, which if it escaped was likely to cause damage and that the herbicide did escape by entering the reservoir from which contaminated water was supplied to the Hamiltons. Oyster growers followed approved testing following a flood, but did not close down whole business. Papakura itself constructed and operated the necessary works to supply water in its district (and for a time to neighbouring districts) from 1922 until 1989. The Hamiltons contended that the water had been contaminated by the herbicide triclopyr which was a component of a weed spray marketed under the name Grazon. [paras. [9] It was held that the use of the water supply was so specific. You also get a useful overview of how the case was received. p(x)=(5!)(.65)x(.35)5x(x! Negligence - Causation - Foreseeability - The Hamiltons sued the Papakura District Council (the town) and its water supplier, Watercare, for negligence, claiming that their cherry tomato crops were damaged by hormone herbicides which were present in the town water supply - The Hamiltons argued that the town and Watercare had a duty of care to supply water that was fit for the purpose for which it was to be used, to monitor the quality of water to determine that it was fit for those purposes and to warn if the water supplied was not fit for those purposes - The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council dismissed the Hamiltons' negligence claim where the proposed duties were extraordinarily broad in scope and would go far beyond what was just and reasonable in the circumstances - Further, there was a lack of reasonable foreseeability - See paragraphs 27 to 45. )(5x)!p(x)=\frac{(5 ! Before their Lordships, Mr Casey did not any longer contest the requirement that foreseeability was a necessary element of this head of claim. Although the decision in Hamilton v Papakura District Councilruled that no liability exists where it is not possible to foresee the type of damage caused, this case is clearly distinguished for the above reason. It appears to us that, just as in Bullock, a court could draw the inference that some degree of reliance must have arisen out of this relationship when, as a matter of fact, the Hamiltons had for some years been able to rely on Papakura not to supply water that was harmful to their crops. 19, 55]. People should be able to do this and assume the risk. Cammell Laird & Co. v. Manganese Bronze and Brass Co., [1934] A.C. 402 (H.L. 64. Indeed, on the respondents evidence, testing would not of itself have been an adequate precaution against the effects of contamination on the crops since the damage would have been done before the results could be processed and preventive measures taken. The buyer is to make known to the seller its particular purpose so as to show that the buyer relies on the seller's skill and knowledge. They are satisfied, if the reliance is a matter of reasonable inference to the seller and to the Court . Hamilton v. Papakura District Council, [2000] 1 N.Z.L.R. Tackle in soccer game held to be negligent. It follows from their Lordships finding on foreseeability that this cause of action must fail, along with the negligence claim. Held not liable, because risk so small and improbable. 16(a) [para. Find the probability that at least four of the five solar energy cells in the sample are manufactured in China. 116, refd to. ]. If a footnote is at the end of a sentence, the footnote number follows the full stop. Get 1 point on providing a valid sentiment to this Autex Industries Ltd v Auckland City Council. (1)When the fact that a person has committed an offense is relevant to an issue in a criminal proceeding, proof of conviction is conclusive proof that the person has committed the offense. To adapt a statement by Lord Wilberforce in Ashington Piggeries ([1972] AC 441 at 497), quoting Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest, Papakura would not have undertaken the liability to meet the requirement that we want your water to grow our cherry tomatoes hydroponically but we want to buy only if you sell us water that will do . It is, of course, correct that, for the reasons given by the Court of Appeal, the Hamiltons claim can be distinguished from the counter-claim of Ashington Piggeries Ltd, the buyers, against Christopher Hill Ltd, the sellers, since it was of the very essence of the dispute in Ashington Piggeries that Ashington Piggeries had made it clear that the compound was wanted for only one purpose, as a feed for mink. He summarised the approach to be applied in this way ([1969] 2 AC 31, 115E). We do not provide advice. Subscribers can access the reported version of this case. 30. (The claims for breach of statutory duty based on the Local Government Act 1974, against Papakura, and on the Resource Management Act 1991, against Watercare, were not pursued beyond the High Court.). In their opinion the majority have referred to the New Zealand Milk Corporation's plant with its laboratory for testing the town water supply and its large filtration plant. Subscribers are able to see a list of all the documents that have cited the case. Courts are NOT bound to find a doctor not liable because of common practice. Found Hamilton & Anor v. Papakura District Council (New Zealand) useful? In the event that is of no consequence for the resolution of the appeal.). As Mr Casey says, it can be no defence to a claim in negligence that the person inflicting the damage did not know the level of toxicity at which injury might result. Cambridge Water Company v Eastern Counties Leather Plc. Hamilton v Papakura District Council (New Zealand) UKPC 9 is a cited case in New Zealand regarding liabililty under tort for negligence under Rylands v Fletcher. Practicability of precautions. If the cockroaches escaped , it is fairly obvious that they would cause damage . Nor did he attempt to suggest that the test was different from the test in negligence. On the basis of the premise it had stated about the probability of damage, the Court rejected each of the Hamiltons causes of action. The Court of Appeal considered that the Ashington Piggeries case was distinguishable in principle, emphasising the importance of the particular facts, a matter to which it also referred in relation to other cases cited for the Hamiltons. ]. Universal practice of not warning parents that a child's post-mortem may involve removal of organs could NOT be justified on grounds of common practice. Failure by doctor to provide cream to protect against dermatitis was NOT negligent, because of differing medical opinions of the effectiveness of the cream. 25. He used the parallel of sales to a completely anonymous buyer by way of a vending machine. 54. [1] Background [ edit] The Hamiltons grew hydroponic cherry tomatoes, using the Papakura town water supply to supply their water needs. 31]. Lord Guest, while not attaching undue importance to the precise phraseology, asked himself whether Norsildmel knew that it was likely that it would be fed to mink ([1972] AC 441, 477 E G), while Viscount Dilhorne held that Christopher Hill had to show that Norsildmel 'should reasonably have contemplated when the contract was made that mink was a type of animal to which it was not unlikely that herring meal would be fed ([1972] AC 441, 487 B). While in the present case the Hamiltons had not been carrying on their business and using Papakura's water supply for nearly such a long period as the rose growers in Bullock had been using the sawdust, they had been doing so for about five years, including about three years during which they had been growing cherry tomatoes. Watercare's monitoring was also carried out in accordance with the Drinking Water Standards. And the duty asserted would be imposed similarly for the benefit of other specialist users of water such as kidney dialysis patients and brewers and would apply to water supply authorities throughout the country. Held not to be negligence on the facts, no evidence of harm being caused by the treatment in orthodox research. Driver suffered blow to eye by insect and ran into back of lorrie. 9]. Attorney General ex rel. Creating a unique profile web page containing interviews, posts, articles, as well as the cases you have appeared in, greatly enhances your digital presence on search engines such Google and Bing, resulting in increased client interest. Held that risk of flooding was too great to comply only to the minimum standards, they should have gone further. Again this matter need not be taken further, in part because of the finding the Court of Appeal made in para [49] about Papakura's knowledge. 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