Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Rossi v Qantas Airways Limited (No 4) [2023] FCA 1008 File number: NSD 1549 of 2019
Judgment of: BANKS-SMITH J
Date of judgment: 28 August 2023
Catchwords: CAPACITY - compromise of litigation by deed - personal autonomy - where applicant asserts incapacity and seeks to have deed declared void - where applicant bears onus of establishing was handicapped person within prescribed definition - issue and context specific assessment of capacity - events occurred in 2008 - use of lay and expert evidence in retrospective assessment - whether onus satisfied
Legislation: Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) ss 60, 136, 140 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 23.13 Accident Compensation Act 1985 (Vic) s 103 County Court Act 1958 (Vic) s 78 County Court Rules of Procedure in Civil Proceedings 1999 (Vic) O 15
Cases cited: A v N [2012] NSWSC 354 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Mitchell (No 2) [2020] FCA 1098 Banks v Goodfellow (1870) LR 5 QB 549 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Bull v Fulton (1942) 66 CLR 295 Croft v Sanders [2019] NSWCA 303 Dalle-Molle v Manos [2004] SASC 102; (2004) 88 SASR 193 Dasreef Pty Ltd v Hawchar [2011] HCA 21; (2011) 243 CLR 588 Drivas v Jakopovic [2019] NSWCA 218; (2019) 100 NSWLR 505 Flageul v WeDrive Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 1666 Gibbons v Wright (1954) 91 CLR 423 Goddard Elliott (A Firm) v Fritsch [2012] VSC 87 Guthrie v Spence [2009] NSWCA 369; (2009) 78 NSWLR 225 Hanna v Raoul [2018] NSWCA 201 Herron v HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd [2022] FCAFC 68; (2022) 292 FCR 336 Hobhouse v Macarthur-Onslow [2016] NSWSC 1831 Makita (Australia) Pty Ltd v Sprowles [2001] NSWCA 305; (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 Masterman-Lister v Brutton & Co [2003] 1 WLR 1511 Mineralogy Pty Ltd v Sino Iron Pty Ltd (No 5) [2015] FCA 571 Matthews v SPI Electrical (Ruling No 38) [2014] VSC 102 Murphy v Doman [2003] NSWCA 249; (2003) 58 NSWLR 51 Papakosmas v The Queen (1999) 196 CLR 297 R v Kucma [2005] VSCA 58; (2005) 11 VR 472 Re Erdogan's Application; Erdogan v Ekici [2012] VSC 256; (2012) 36 VR 579 Re Griffith (decd); Easter v Griffith (1995) 217 ALR 284 Rossi v Qantas Airways Limited (No 2) [2020] FCA 1080 Scott v Scott [2012] NSWSC 1541 Secretary, Department of Health v Southern Cross Directories Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 1592 Setka v Gregor (No 2) [2011] FCAFC 90; (2011) 195 FCR 203 Slaveski v State of Victoria [2009] VSC 596; (2009) 25 VR 160 Starr v Miller [2021] NSWSC 426 Starr v Miller [2022] NSWCA 46 TJ (on behalf of the Yindjibarndi People) v Western Australia (No 3) [2015] FCA 1359 Treasury Wine Estates Vinters Limited v Pearson [2019] FCAFC 21; (2019) 268 FCR 12 Vishniakov v Lay [2019] VSC 403; (2019) 58 VR 375 Zorbas v Sidiropoulous (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 197
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