White v Redding

• 1. Appeal
  2. › Standard of appellate review
  3. › Assessment of non-economic loss under statute
  4. › Whether assessment under s 16 of Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) is evaluative or discretionary decision
  5. › Whether House v The King deferential standard or Warren v Coombes correctness standard applies
  6. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s 16
• 1. Damages
  2. › Non-economic loss
  3. › Assessment of severity as proportion of most extreme case
  4. › Eye injury resulting in 97% loss of vision in one eye
  5. › Whether assessment of 55% of most extreme case was erroneous
  6. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), ss 13, 16
• 1. Damages
  2. › Future economic loss
  3. › Impairment of earning capacity
  4. › Adolescent plaintiff with uncertain career path
  5. › Extent of evidence required
  6. › Whether award permissible absent evidence of earnings in specific occupations
  7. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s 13

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