Piatti v ACN 000 246 542 Pty Ltd

• 1. Damages
  2. › Personal injury
  3. › Loss of capacity to provide gratuitous domestic services
  4. › Whether damages capped by reference to level of services at time liability arose
  5. › Whether conditions of recovery impose upper limit on quantum
  6. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s 15B
• 1. Damages
  2. › Personal injury
  3. › Loss of capacity to provide gratuitous domestic services
  4. › Lost years
  5. › Whether damages recoverable for period after claimant's death
  6. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s 15B
  7. › Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1944 (NSW), s 2
• 1. Dust Diseases
  2. › Damages
  3. › Mesothelioma
  4. › Survival of cause of action
  5. › Dust Diseases Tribunal Act 1989 (NSW), s 12B
• 1. Precedent
  2. › Obiter dicta
  3. › Whether remarks in prior decisions not deciding the point create binding precedent
  4. › Whether repetition of obiter in subsequent cases hardens into binding principle

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