NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : XY v Featherstone [2010] NSWSC 1366
HEARING DATE(S) : 16 August 2010, 17 September 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 26 November 2010
JUDGMENT OF : McCallum J
DECISION : I order that judgment be entered for "XY" against Mr Featherstone in the sum of $2,405,912. I order Mr Featherstone to pay "XY"'s costs of the proceedings as against Mr Featherstone, including all reserved costs.
CATCHWORDS : TORTS - assessment of damages - psychiatric injuries following years of sexual abuse by a "special friend" while the plaintiff was a ward of the State
Civil Liability Act 2002 Crimes (Sentencing Procedures) Act LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 Evidence Act 1995 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Featherstone v R [2008] NSWCCA 71 R v Welsh (1996) 90 A Crim R 364 Varmedja v Varmedja [2007] NSWDC 385 CASES CITED : Varmedja v Varmedja [2008] NSWCA 177 "AM" v "KW" [2005] NSWSC 876 McCrae v The Boy Scout Association [2007] NSWDC 196 Lamb v Cotogno (1987) 164 CLR 1 New South Wales v Riley (2003) 57 NSWLR 496
PARTIES : "XY" Gary Featherstone
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2007/265041
COUNSEL : Mr S. Kalfas SC and Mr S Moffet (Plaintiff)
SOLICITORS : Walker Legal (Plaintiff)
- 19 - IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION
McCallum J
26 November 2010
265041/2007 - "XY" v GARY FEATHERSTONE
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