DAMAGES – personal injury – non-economic loss – whether the primary judge made a wholly erroneous estimate of the damages suffered – use of earlier decisions of courts for the purpose of establishing an appropriate award – Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s 17A

DAMAGES – personal injury – past and future economic loss – use of buffer – whether the primary judge made a wholly erroneous estimate of the damages suffered

DAMAGES – personal injury – paid domestic assistance – whether the evidence established the likelihood of a future need for domestic assistance

Sutherland Shire Council v Major [2015] NSWCA 243