NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Brazel v Nicholls [2003] NSWCA 387 HEARING DATE(S) : 1 December 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 December 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Tobias JA at 2; Palmer J at 89 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs
CATCHWORDS : NEGLIGENCE - Causation - Conflicting medical reports - Whether it was open to the trial judge to reject medical opinions in determining causation on the basis of unreliability - What is required to warrant an appeal court disturbing the finding of a lower court in relation to causation - Burden of proof - Damages - Whether trial judge should have awarded damages for non-economic loss - ND LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Accident Act 1988 , ss 79A Jones v Bradley [2003] NSWCA 81 March v E & M H Stramare Pty Limited (1991) 171 CLR 506 McGroder v Maguire (2002) NSWCA 261 CASES CITED : Watts v Rake (1960) 108 CLR 158 Purkess v Crittenden (1964) 114 CLR 164 Shorey v P T Limited (2003) 77 ALJR 1104 Winston v Roach [2003] NSWCA 310 PARTIES : Ivan Paul Brazel Suzanne Florence Nicholls FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 41149/02 COUNSEL : A: Ms Sharron Norton SC R: Mr John Guihot SOLICITORS : A: Stacks The Law Firm, Forster R: Vandervords, Sydney
LOWER COURT District Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT DC 9/01 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Gibbs DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 41149/02 DC 9/01
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