The Courts have experienced a large increase in claims by people who allege to have suffered pure mental harm as the result of witnessing a person being killed, injured or put in peril caused by the negligence of another. The …
In the recent decision of Brighten v Traino [2019] NSWCA 168 the NSW Court of Appeal has confirmed that the Civil Liability Act does apply in some respects to claims for compensation as the result of an assault, particularly where …
This case note highlights how damages are calculated by a Judge in a public liability claim.
In 2015 Mrs Hodgson commenced proceedings in the District Court in negligence claiming damages for personal injuries (in a fractured wrist, severe bruising and …
Just after his 9th birthday in March 2008, Joey Zaiter suffered a brain injury when he lost control of a bicycle he was riding down an unfamiliar grass slope and fell into a 2m deep concrete drainage channel at …