NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: Kallouf v Middis [2008] NSWCA 61 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S): 11 March 2008
JUDGMENT DATE: 11 April 2008
JUDGMENT OF: McColl JA; Hall J
DECISION: 1. Appeal allowed. 2. Judgment of District Court Judge Nield of 29 May 2007 set aside and in lieu judgment for the respondent for $635,535. 3. Respondent to pay the costs of the appeal and to have a certificate under the Suitor's Fund Act 1951 if qualified.
CATCHWORDS: DAMAGES – appeal - ECONOMIC LOSS – future economic loss – whether finding that respondent lost all wage-earning capacity open on evidence – principles – onus on plaintiff to prove loss of earning capacity – no evidence of work available to injured worker with residual earning capacity – scope of appellate review – finding open to review, but limited by exiguous evidence - DAMAGES – Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999, s 126 – whether assumptions to found award for future economic loss sufficiently stated.
Civil Liability Act 2002 LEGISLATION CITED: Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 Suitor's Fund Act 1951
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Adams v Ascot Iron Foundry Pty Ltd (1968) 72 SR (NSW) 120 Ahmedi v Ahmedi (1991) 23 NSWLR 288 Arthur Robinson (Grafton) Pty Limited v Carter [1968] HCA 9; (1968) 122 CLR 649 Brear v James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd [2000] NSWCA 352; (2000) 50 NSWLR 388 Briginshaw v Briginshaw [1938] HCA 34; (1938) 60 CLR 336 Graham v Baker [1961] HCA 48; (1961) 106 CLR 340 Husher v Husher [1999] HCA 47; (1999) 197 CLR 138 Kealley v Jones [1979] 1 NSWLR 723 Linsell v Robson [1976] 1 NSWLR 249 Macarthur Districts Motor Cycle Sportsmen Inc v Ardizzone [2004] NSWCA 145 Magnou v Australian Wool Testing Authority Limited [2007] NSWCA 357 CASES CITED: McCracken v Melbourne Storm Rugby League Football Club Limited [2007] NSWCA 353 Medlin v The State Government Insurance Commission [1995] HCA 5; (1995) 182 CLR 1 Morgan v Costello [2004] WASCA 260 Penrith City Council v Parkes [2004] NSWCA 201 Rabay v Bristow [2005] NSWCA 199 State of New South Wales v Moss [2000] NSWCA 133; (2000) 54 NSWLR 536 The Nominal Defendant v Lane [2004] NSWCA 405 Tran v Younis [2006] NSWCA 188 Wade v Allsopp (1976) 10 ALR 353 Wilson v Peisley (1975) 50 ALJR 207 Yammine v Kalwy [1979] 2 NSWLR 151 Zorom Enterprises Pty Ltd (in liq) v Zabow [2007] NSWCA 106
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