NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: ELBOURNE v GIBBS [2006] NSWCA 127
HEARING DATE(S): 4 April 2006
JUDGMENT DATE: 24 May 2006
JUDGMENT OF: Beazley JA at 1; Ipp JA at 2; Basten JA at 34
DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs
CATCHWORDS: NEGLIGENCE – duty of care owed by doctor to patient – doctor failed to warn patient of material risks in operation – risks materialised – whether doctor had duty to warn patient of risks. - NEGLIGENCE – causation – whether trial judge made finding in relation to causation – whether breach of duty by failure to warn caused injury – whether the plaintiff needed to only establish a prima facie case of causation in the absence of a more plausible contrary inference.
LEGISLATION CITED: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s5D
Bendix Mintex Pty Ltd v Barnes (1997) 42 NSWLR 307 Bennett v Minister of Community Welfare (1992) 176 CLR 408 Betts v Whittingslowe (1945) 71 CLR 637 Chapel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232 Chen Shi Hai v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2000) 201 CLR 293 CSR Limited v Della Maddalena (2006) 224 ALR 1 Ellis v Wallsend District Hospital (1989) 17 NSWLR 553 Great China Metal Industries Co Ltd v Malaysian International Shipping Corporation, Berhad (1999) 196 CLR 161 Henville v Walker (2001) 206 CLR 459 I & L Securities Pty Ltd v HTW Valuers (Brisbane) Pty Ltd (2002) 210 CLR 109 CASES CITED: Kenny & Good Pty Ltd v MGICA (1992) Ltd (1999) 199 CLR 413 McCann v Switzerland Insurance Australia Ltd (2000) 203 CLR 579 Naxakis v Western General Hospital (1999) 197 CLR 269; (1999) 73 ALJR 782 Purvis v New South Wales (2003) 217 CLR 92 Rogers v Whitaker (1992) 175 CLR 479 Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 205 CLR 434 Seltsam Pty Ltd v McGuiness (2000) 49 NSWLR 262 Shead v Hooley [2000] NSWCA 362 TC by his tutor Sabatino v The State of New South Wales [2001] NSWCA 380 The Waterways Authority v Fitzgibbon (2005) 221 ALR 402 Travel Compensation Fund v Tambree T/as Tambree and Associates (2005) 80 ALJR 183 Zaltron v Raptis [2001] SASC 209
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