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\par CIVIL APPEAL NO. 7 OF 1992
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\par Between:
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\par Mr. H.M. Patel for the Appellants
\par Mr. R. Chand for the Respondent
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\par Needless to say the respondent did not seek clarification of the judgment as he could have.}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356  }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
I also note that the respondent gave as his residential address}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  387 Waimanu Road}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
, Suva and nothing is known about the frequency, distances or journeys undertaken by the respondent during the }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356 '}{
\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 3 months'}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  that he claims he was without a car.}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356  }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
\par 
\par Furthermore the evidence seems to suggest that the car had been }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 "given"}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
 to the respondent's employee for his }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 "official and private use"}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 .}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356  }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 This would suggest to my mind that the veh
icle was mainly kept and used by the employee rather than the respondent.}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356  }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
In any event learned counsel for the appellant correctly points out that the claim is exaggerated having regard to the dates of the accident and repairs.
\par 
\par Accordingly I shall treat the judgment as restricted to }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 $2,594.60}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
 being the actual cost of repairs to the respondent's motor vehicle for the damage caused as a result of the negligent driving of the 2nd appellant's son the 1st defendant.
\par 
\par I shall also deal with the appellant's appea
l as it was argued before the Court by learned counsel for the appellant and in particular the grounds may be divided into 2 categories, namely, ground (2) which relates to the liability of the appellants and grounds (1) and (3) to the quantum of that lia
bility.
\par 
\par As to the question of liability learned counsel for the appellant submitted that nowhere in the evidence of the respondent's witnesses did they refer to the 1st defendant or any negligence on his part.}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356  }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 I cannot agree, the first defendant was sued a
s the driver of the vehicle and the second defendant as the owner of the vehicle.}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356  }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
Both facts are admitted in the defendant's pleadings.}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356  }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
It is also common ground that the 1st defendant was driving the 2nd defendant's vehicle at the material time when it was involved in an accident with the respondent's vehicle which was being driven by his}{
\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  (the respondent's)}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  employee at the time.
\par 
\par Certainly the 2nd defendant in his sworn evidence admitted that on the date of the accident his vehicle was being driven by his s
on the 1st defendant and although the defendants denied in their pleadings that the 1st defendant was the servant and/or agent of the 2nd defendant, proof of ownership of a motor vehicle furnishes prima facie evidence that the vehicle at the material time
 was being driven by the owners agent or servant.}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356  }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 (}{
\i\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 See}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356 :}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  }{
\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 Barnard v. Sully}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  (1931) 47 T.L.R. 557) a}{
\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  fortiori}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  where the driver is his son. 
\par 
\par More than that however the learned trial magistrate had before him the direct evidence of }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 B. Singh}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  the driver of the respondent's vehicle who described in detail how the accident occurred and more particularly where he said in identifying the driver}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356 : }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 "The 1st Defendant was charged for this accident."}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
\par 
\par The learned trial magistrate had no hesitation in concluding that the accident occurred as a result of careless driving on the part of the 1st defendant.}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356  }{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 Such a finding is clearly supported by the evidence led before him}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
 (which did not include the transcript of the evidence in the criminal prosecution)}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  and cannot be faulted.
\par 
\par Then reference was made to the acquittal of the 1st defendant on a police prosecution for an offence of }{\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 Careless Driving}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  arising out of the same accident.}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356  }{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 The learned trial magistrate had the record of the criminal proceedings before him but as he correctly points out it merely }{
\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 "... reveals that the 1st defendant was given the benefit of the doubt and was acquitted"}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 .
\par 
\par Needless to say learned counsel for the respondent correctly points out that an acquittal in a criminal prosecution is not conclusive evidence
 in a civil action based on the same facts having regard to the different standards of proof and moreso where the magistrate conducting the civil case did not have the benefit of hearing the defendant give sworn evidence before him as occurred in the crim
inal trial of the 1st defendant.
\par 
\par As was said by }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 Buckley L.J.}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  in }{
\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 Stupple v. Royal Insurance}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  (1971) 1 Q.B. 50 at }{
\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 p.76}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356 :}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\sa120\nowidctlpar\tx-720\tx0\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid2915356 {\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
"... The judge's duty in the civil proceedings is still to decide that case on the evidence adduced to him.}{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356  }{
\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 He is not concerned with the 
evidence in the criminal proceedings except so far as it is reproduced in the evidence called before him or is made evidence in the civil proceedings under the Civil Evidence Act 1968 Section 2 or is established before him in cross-examination."}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-720\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4616807 {\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
\par In this l
atter regard it is to be noted that learned counsel for the appellant who was also counsel at the civil trial in the Magistrate Court did not seek to cross-examine any of the respondent's witnesses on the basis of their earlier testimony in the criminal p
rosecution of the 1st defendant nor was any part of their evidence read into the civil trial record.}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356  }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
No inconsistencies in the witnesses evidence}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  (if any)}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
 was highlighted or brought to the learned trial magistrate's attention in the civil proceedings as indeed none was referred to this Court in the course of the appeal.
\par 
\par The appeal against the learned trial magistrate's finding of liability has no merit and is accordingly dismissed.
\par 
\par As for the question of quantum the appellant complains generally that there is insufficient evidence and more particularly that the learned trial magistrate erred in accepting as undisputed evidence a }{
\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 Burns Philp Workshop Statement}{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  (Ex.1)}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  in the absence of any evidence }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 "to substantiate the veracity of the contents ..."}
{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
\par 
\par }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 The evide
nce in this regard before the learned trial magistrate came primarily from the respondent who testified that he had sought quotations to repair his damaged vehicle from 3 named garages and had settled on the lowest.}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356  }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 After the repairs were carried out he paid the bill which amounted to }{
\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 $2,594.60}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  as evidenced by the relevant }{
\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 Workshop Statement}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  which he tendered without objection.
\par 
\par The driver of the respondent's vehicle also testified as to the general nature of the damage to the respondent's vehicle.}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356  }{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 He said}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356 : }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
"The trunk and bumper was pushed inside.}{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356  }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 The front bumper was damaged."}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
\par 
\par In }{\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 Shiri Shankara v. John R. Thoman}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
 Civil Appeal No. 53 of 1979 the Fiji Court of Appeal in rejecting a similar ground of appeal as that advanced by the appellants in this appeal, said at }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 p.4}{
\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  (cyclostyled judgment)}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356 :}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-720\tx0\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid2915356 {\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 "The quotation ... was admitted in evidence in our view}{
\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356  }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
not as a medium of proof in order to establish the damage caused to the respondent's car, but as being in itself part of the transaction and explanatory of the amoun
t which the respondent testified he paid ... for repairs to his car; in other words the quotation accompanied the act of payment by the respondent and explained the circumstances surrounding same."}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-720\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4616807 {\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
\par The Court of Appeal also approved the dictum of the learned judge who heard the appeal from the Magistrate Court when he said in his judgment}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356 :}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\sa120\nowidctlpar\tx-720\tx0\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid2915356 {\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
"In my opinion, the document in question is admissible as a document upon which the respondent in fact made payment for the repairs of damage to his car.}{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356  }{
\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 The document was prepared and supplied ... at the request of the respondent.}{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356  }{
\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
Although the document is not evidence of the actual repairs carried out on the car, it is nonetheless evidence of the general nature of the repairs required and of the probable costs such repairs would entail.}{
\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356  }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
As can be seen the admission of the document is therefore for a limited purpose only but be that as it may be nevertheless provides in the absence of anything better some material on which the court may assess damages.}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-720\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4616807 {\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
\par Similarly in this case the learned trial magistrate was perfectly entitled to admit the }{\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 Workshop Statement}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807  in evidence notwithstanding that the maker thereof had not been called as a witness.
\par 
\par In the result the appeal against the quantum of damages is without any merit and is accordingly dismissed.
\par 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tqc\tx3969\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2915356 {\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 (D.V. Fatiaki)
\par }{\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 JUDGE
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-720\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4616807 {\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
\par }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 At Suva,
\par 24th July, 1992.}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
\par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-720\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2915356 {\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2702555 HBA0007J.92}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2915356 S}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8000424\charrsid4616807 
\par }}