NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : PRESCOTT-SMITH v SANDHU & ANOR [2001] NSWCA 43 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40480/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 20 February 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 14 March 2001
Jennifer Prescott-Smith - Appellant PARTIES : Dr Amarjit Singh Sandhu - First Respondent Dr Clive Gudgeon - Second Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; Fitzgerald JA at 88; Ipp AJA at 92
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 1169/95 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT McDonell ADCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : D A Wheelahan QC/R L Ingram - Appellant G M Gregg - Respondents SOLICITORS : Beverley Foster & Associates - Appellant Tress Cox Maddox - Respondents CATCHWORDS : NEGLIGENCE - liability - provision of medical services - whether failure to warn of risks - whether procedure performed correctly - whether epidural anaesthetic effective - whether plaintiff's account of the procedure supported by evidence - defendants had no personal recollection of procedure - whether appeal court should interfere with findings of fact and credibility. - NEGLIGENCE - liability - whether damage suffered - provision of medical services - failure to warn and advise - plaintiff received particular form of incision - doctor did not explain either before or after procedure that this form was medically necessary - whether plaintiff suffered psychological damage as a consequence of failure to warn or advise. - CONTRACT - breach - whether contract for provision of medical services breached. LEGISLATION CITED : N/A Tucker v Hospital Corporation Australia Pty Ltd (unreported) 18 February 1999 Jones v Dunkel 1959) 101 CLR 298 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 O'Brien v Wheeler (unreported) NSWCA 23 May 1997 CASES CITED: Ellis v Wallsend District Hospital (1989) 17 NSWLR 553 Abalos v Australian Postal Commission (1990) 171 CLR 167 Devries v Australian National Railways Commission (1993) 177 CLR 472 Mifsud v Campbell (1991) 21 NSWLR 725 Soulemezis v Dudley (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1987) 10 NSWLR 247 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs
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