Chen by her tutor Huang v Kmart Australia Ltd

• 1. Negligence
  2. › Damages
  3. › Assessment of damages
  4. › Non-economic loss
  5. › Assessment under statutory scale
  6. › Whether primary judge failed to have regard to relevant matters
  7. › Whether House v The King error established
  8. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s 16
• 1. Negligence
  2. › Damages
  3. › Assessment of damages
  4. › Future economic loss
  5. › Loss of earning capacity
  6. › Injury to young child
  7. › Assessment by way of buffer
  8. › Whether buffer sum within reasonable range
  9. › Necessarily impressionistic nature of assessment
  10. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s 13
• 1. Negligence
  2. › Damages
  3. › Assessment of damages
  4. › Future economic loss
  5. › Loss of earning capacity
  6. › Whether injury productive of financial loss
  7. › Assessment of possibilities rather than probabilities
  8. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s 13
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Standard of appellate review
  3. › Award of damages for non-economic loss
  4. › Whether House v The King standard or Warren v Coombes standard applies
  5. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s 16

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