Archive for December 2015
Preliminary discovery
The meaning of words
As Lord Hoffmann explained in R v Brown, [20] in a passage cited with approval in Collector of Customs v Agfa-Gevaert Ltd: [21] “The unit of communication by means of language is the sentence and not the parts of which it is composed. The significance of individual words is affected by other words and the…
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NSW Court of Appeal: discussion of powers
Advocate's(') immunity
Leave to appeal
Principles of damages for loss of economic capacity in personal injury cases
Blameless motor accident
TORTS – motor accident compensation – blameless accident – kangaroo collides with motor cycle in the outback – only in Australia – statutory interpretation – whether driver can claim under no fault scheme – whether injuries occasioned by a “blameless motor accident” – whether plaintiff’s act or omission caused the accident – statutory modification to…
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