Croucher v Cachia

• 1. Torts
  2. › Trespass to the person
  3. › Battery
  4. › Elements of battery
  5. › Whether plaintiff must prove intention
  6. › Onus on defendant to prove absence of intent and negligence
  7. › Whether reckless conduct sufficient to establish battery
• 1. Torts
  2. › Trespass to the person
  3. › Battery
  4. › Relationship with Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW)
  5. › Whether s 3B(1)(a) operates on cause of action or character of underlying conduct
  6. › Whether reckless conduct engages s 3B(1)(a)
  7. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), ss 3B(1)(a), 21
• 1. Torts
  2. › Defences
  3. › Self-defence
  4. › Statutory self-defence under Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW)
  5. › Whether 'unlawful' conduct extends to tortious conduct
  6. › Whether subjective belief may be inferred from circumstances
  7. › Whether failure to consider s 53 where reasonable response limb dispositive of s 52
  8. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), ss 52, 53
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Review of findings of primary fact
  3. › Duty to grapple with competing cases
  4. › Whether failure to resolve all issues of fact and credit
  5. › Whether qualitative evaluation of primary judge's reasoning discloses error
  6. › Fox v Percy [2003] HCA 22

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