SW v Khaja

• 1. Negligence
  2. › Motor vehicle accident
  3. › Passenger falling from moving taxi
  4. › Whether passenger engaged in attempted armed robbery of driver
  5. › Whether s 54 of Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) precludes award of damages
  6. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), ss 52, 53, 54
• 1. Negligence
  2. › Self-defence
  3. › Whether defendant acted in self-defence
  4. › Whether subjective belief established where defendant did not give evidence but plaintiff tendered defendant's police interview
  5. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s 52(2)
• 1. Negligence
  2. › Criminals not to be awarded damages
  3. › Whether criminal conduct materially contributed to injury
  4. › Whether abandonment of criminal enterprise removes application of s 54
  5. › Temporal scope of 'following' in s 54(1)(a)
  6. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s 54
• 1. Evidence
  2. › CCTV footage
  3. › Correct approach to use of photographic and CCTV evidence
  4. › Whether primary judge erred in declining to rely on CCTV images

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