New South Wales Law Reform Commission
To the Honourable R J Mulock, LLB, MP,
Attorney General for New South Wales
COMMUNITY LAW REFORM PROGRAM
LIABILITY OF HIGHWAY AUTHORITIES FOR NON-REPAIR
Dear Attorney General,
We make this Report pursuant to the reference from you to this Commission dated 25 September 1985.
Ms Helen Gamble
(Chairman)
Russell Scott
(Deputy Chairman)
Professor Colin Phegan
(Commissioner)
Mr H D Sperling QC
(Commissioner)
December 1987
Terms of Reference
On 25 September 1985, the then Attorney General of New South Wales, the Honourable T W Sheahan BA, LLB, MP, made the following reference to the Commission:
To inquire into and report on the following matters:
1. whether the common law rule which denies recovery to a person injured as a result of a failure to repair the highway in an action against the authority in occupation of the highway should be modified or abolished;
2. any related matter.
Participants
Commissioners
For the purpose of this reference a Division was created by the Chairman, in accordance with s12A of the Law Reform Commission Act 1967. The Division when first constituted on 11 October 1985 comprised the following members of the Commission:
Mr Keith Mason QC
Professor Colin Phegan
Russell Scott
Mr H D Sperling QC
The Division was reconstituted on 7 May 1986 to comprise:
Ms Helen Gamble
Mr Keith Mason QC
Professor Colin Phegan
Russell Scott
Mr H D Sperling QC
Mr Mason left the Division on 5 February 1987 upon being appointed Solicitor General of New South Wales.
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