Where a primary judge fails to make findings on the precise nature of injury and the significance of pre-existing conditions, an assessment of non-economic loss under s 16 of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) cannot stand regardless of whether the correctness or deferential standard of appellate review is applied.
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