R Slater & Sons Pty Ltd v Perkins

• 1. Negligence
  2. › Employer's liability
  3. › System of work
  4. › Whether unsafe technique performed in accordance with system of work required by employer
  5. › Whether trial judge failed to consider all evidence
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Standard of appellate review
  3. › Consent orders on appeal
  4. › Court's responsibility to form its own view before making consent orders setting aside judgment below
  5. › Whether judgment sufficiently problematic to warrant new trial
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Trial by judge alone
  3. › Duty to consider all evidence
  4. › Failure to make findings on credibility of witnesses on central issues
  5. › Determination of case on basis not raised by either party

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