The assessment of the proportion of a most extreme case for non-economic loss under s 16 of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) is an evaluative judgment reviewable on the same basis as apportionment of liability under House v The King principles. Where the trial judge adopts a figure within the range proposed by the parties, the assessment is effectively unreviewable absent demonstrable factual or legal error.
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