The Queensland Court of Appeal upheld the trial judge's nil assessment for past economic loss and global assessment for future economic loss in a personal injury case, applying Malec v JC Hutton principles. The Court confirmed that s 16 of the Supreme Court Act 1995 (Qld) does not rule out a global assessment of future economic loss where the circumstances make such an approach appropriate. The Court also found no error in the trial judge's refusal to award indemnity costs despite a pre-trial settlement offer, on the basis that the nature of the appellant's case was not clearly made out.
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