Parkinson v Bullamon (St George) Pty Ltd & Ors

• 1. Damages
  2. › Measure and remoteness of damages in actions for tort
  3. › Economic loss
  4. › Past economic loss
  5. › Failure to mitigate
  6. › Whether trial judge erred in finding failure to mitigate where not pleaded or put to applicant
• 1. Damages
  2. › Measure and remoteness of damages in actions for tort
  3. › Economic loss
  4. › Future economic loss
  5. › Discount for vicissitudes
  6. › Whether 45 per cent discount involved appellable error
  7. › Whether increase from 30 per cent to 45 per cent warranted for short remaining period
• 1. Damages
  2. › Measure and remoteness of damages in actions for tort
  3. › Economic loss
  4. › Assessment of earning capacity
  5. › Multiplicand
  6. › Whether trial judge erred in adopting $790 net per week as earning capacity
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Leave to appeal
  3. › District Court of Queensland Act 1967 (Qld), ss 118(2)(a), 118(3)
  4. › Whether error sufficient to warrant grant of leave

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