Faraj v Fernando [2018] NSWDC 313

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Faraj v Fernando [2018] NSWDC 313 Hearing dates: 31 January 2018; 1 and 16 February 2018 Date of orders: 27 April 2018 Decision date: 27 April 2018 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Judgment for the plaintiff for $63,826.57. (2) Defendant pay the plaintiff's costs, with liberty to apply. (3) Exhibits retained for 28 days. Catchwords: TORT – personal injury – assessment of damages Legislation Cited: Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999, s 83, s 111, s 126 Cases Cited: Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v Kerr [2012] NSWCA 13 Boral Bricks Pty Ltd v Cosmidis; Boral Bricks Pty Ltd v DM & BP Wiskich Pty Ltd [2013] NSWCA 443 Brown v Lewis [2006] NSWCA 87 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Falzon [1998] VCA 79 Glen v Sullivan (2015) 71 MVR 417 Graham v Baker (1961) 106 CLR 340 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Kendirjian v Ayoub [2008] NSWCA 194 Makita Australia Pty Ltd v Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 Malec v J C Hutton Pty Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 638 McGlen-McLeod v Galloway [2012] NSWCA 368 Merhi v Ford Motor Company of Australia Ltd [2014] VSCA 328 Pham v Shui [2006] NSWCA 373 Seltsam Pty Ltd v Ghaleb [2005] NSW 208 Sretenovic v Reed [2009] NSWCA 280 State of New South Wales v Moss (2000) 54 NSWLR 536 Sutherland Shire Council v Major [2015] NSWCA 243 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiff: Hussein Faraj Defendant: Thusiru Fernando Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: Mr G Hickey Defendant: Mr J Catsanos