About Life Pty Ltd v Maddocks Lawyers

[2021] NSWSC 1370

Supreme Court of NSW

Built by Barristers,
For Australian Law.

1. Words and Phrases
2. › ‘side deed’
3. › see [67].
1. Damages
2. › loss of chance at [505]-[512]
3. › time at which damages should be assessed at [624]
4. › non-binding indicative offers as evidence of value at [632]
5. › costs as damages at [643]
6. › whether onus on plaintiff to show reasonableness of settlement
7. › whether necessary for law firm to plead failure to mitigate.
1. Contributory Negligence
2. › corporate memory and document storage
3. › client failed to take reasonable care by checking records in respect of an asset before, or while, instructing solicitors on sale of the asset
4. › damages reduced by 20%.
1. Concurrent Wrongdoers
2. › whether breach of director’s duties in expanding the company
3. › principles at [681]
4. › no breach of director’s duties.