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Read v Burns

[2017] ACTSC 184

Supreme Court of the ACT27 July 2017

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1. Evidence
2. › credibility and the reliability of evidence
3. › contemporaneous documents
4. › recollection of events
5. › plaintiff’s evidence unreliable
6. › expert evidence
7. › expert code of conduct
8. › partisan witness and not subject to the expert witness code of conduct
9. › failure to call witnesses
10. › Jones v Dunkel
11. › cannot give rise to any inference.
1. Negligence
2. › allegations of negligent acts and omissions in the provision of legal services
3. › terms of retainer
4. › solicitor’s duty of care
5. › failure to act with due skill, care and attention
6. › failure to make necessary enquiries
7. › no breach established
8. › first defendant not liable in negligence.
1. Damages
2. › suffered loss and damage
3. › exemplary damages
4. › consequential losses
5. › reduced value of unit
6. › reduced income
7. › no evidence plaintiff suffered any loss or damage.

Case Details

Citation[2017] ACTSC 184

CourtACTSC

JurisdictionAustralian Capital Territory

Decision Date27 July 2017

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