NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Monique Frances King v SESAHS & Anor [2005] NSWSC 305
HEARING DATE(S) : 7/02/05 - 16/03/05
JUDGMENT DATE : 8 April 2005
JUDGMENT OF : Newman AJ
DECISION : Paragraph 54
CATCHWORDS : Medical neglience - Standard of care - Breach of duty - Causation - Warning of complications of treatment
Albrighton v Royal Prince Alfred Hospital [1982] NSWLR 542 Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd (1994) 179 CLR 520 Chappel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232 Commonwealth v McLean (1946) 41 NSWLR 389 Dingle v Associated Newspapers Ltd (1961) 2 QB 163 EM Baldwin & Sons Ltd v Plane (1998) 17 NSWCCR 434 CASES CITED : Rodgers v Whitaker (1992) 175 CLR 479 Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 205 CLR 434 Seltsam Pty Limited v McGuinness (2000) 49 NSWLR 262 Sidway v Governors of Bethlem Royal Hospital [1985] AC 871 Woods v Multi-Sport Holdings Pty Ltd (2002) 208 CLR 460 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40
Monique Frances King (Plaintiff) PARTIES : South Eastern Area Health Service (1st Defendant) Richard O'Gorman-Hughes as Executor of the Estate of the late Professor Darcy O'Gorman-Hughes (2nd Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 18475/93
D. Higgs SC with D. Graham (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : D.Davies SC with S.Kalfas (Defendants)
Turner Freeman Solicitors (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Tress Cocks & Maddox Lawyers (Defendants)
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION :
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION
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