Catchwords:

APPEALS — TORTS — Negligence — child killed by memorial headstone falling on her at bowling club — monument poorly constructed — whether club liable in negligence — whether club owed duty to undertake reasonable enquiries to ensure fixation of monument was sound — whether club failed to test stability of structure by pushing against it — whether scope of liability should extend to stonemason who constructed monument

APPEAL — PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — allegations admitted in defences by eighth respondent/cross-defendant — allegations purportedly withdrawn in further defences — application for leave to withdraw the admissions —whether primary judge erred in refusing to allow admissions to be withdrawn or to admit transcript of the motion