Prestage v Barrett, Thorne v Barrett, Howells v Barrett

[2021] TASSC 27

Supreme Court of Tasmania

Built by Barristers,
For Australian Law.

1. Torts
2. › Negligence
3. › Damage and causation
4. › Causation
5. › At common law
6. › Generally
7. › Circumstantial case
8. › Campfire lit in a tree stump and not fully extinguished
9. › Bushfire spread to surrounding areas
10. › Campfire cause of bushfire
11. › Bushfire the cause of the plaintiffs' loss and damage.
1. Civil Liability Act 2002 (Tas), s 13.
1. Brocklands Pty Ltd v Tasmanian Networks Pty Ltd [2019] TASSC 26; Wallace v Kam [2013] HCA 19, 250 CLR 375, considered.
1. Langmaid v Dobsons Vegetable Machinery Pty Ltd [2014] TASFC 6, 24 Tas R 18, applied.