Officeworks Ltd v Christopher

• 1. Appeal
  2. › Powers of Court of Appeal
  3. › Appeal by way of rehearing
  4. › Power to make findings of fact
  5. › Desirability of avoiding retrial
  6. › Whether Court should re-determine damages rather than remit
  7. › Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 75A(10)
  8. › Uniform Civil Procedure Rules, r 51.53
• 1. Negligence
  2. › Occupier's liability
  3. › Object falling on plaintiff in premises
  4. › Plaintiff with pre-existing shoulder injury
  5. › Causation
  6. › Whether incident caused need for hemiarthroplasty
  7. › Whether incident caused rotator cuff damage
  8. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), ss 5D, 5E
• 1. Damages
  2. › Assessment of damages
  3. › Non-economic loss
  4. › Threshold requirement of 15% of most extreme case
  5. › Whether threshold met for rotator cuff injury causing pain for just over four months
  6. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s 16
• 1. Damages
  2. › Assessment of damages
  3. › Gratuitous domestic assistance
  4. › Requirement of services for at least six consecutive months
  5. › Whether requirement met where injury repaired after four months
  6. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s 15

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