NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : ROBINSON v. HESLOP (FORMERLY HANSON) [2003] NSWCA 275 HEARING DATE(S) : 11/08/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 September 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Beazley JA at 1; Ipp JA at 49 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS : CATCHWORDS: DAMAGES - personal injury suffered in motor vehicle accident - liability for negligence - quantum - damages for non-economic loss, past economic loss, future economic loss, future out of pocket expenses - self-employed (respondent) assessed as employee by trial judge when assessing future economic loss - whether admit new evidence on appeal - failure to adduce evidence - Jones v Dunkel inference - award excessive Graham v. Baker (1961) 106 CLR 340 CASES CITED : Medlin v. The State Government Insurance Commission (1995) 182 CLR 1 Sullivan v. Gordon (1999) 47 NSWLR 319 PARTIES : PAUL VINCENT ROBINSON (Appellant) FIONA HESLOP (FORMERLY HANSON) (Respondent) FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40507/02 COUNSEL : J.D. Hislop QC/P. Gormly (Appellant) I Wales SC (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Turner Whelan (Appellant) Lough & Wells (Wollongong) (Respondent)
LOWER COURT District Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 206/99 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Phelan DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40507/02
BEAZLEY JA, IPP JA
26 September 2003 ROBINSON v HESLOP (FORMERLY HANSON)
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