|
Citation
|
Judgment date
|
| October 2020 |
|
|
|
30 October 2020 |
|
|
27 October 2020 |
|
|
27 October 2020 |
|
|
26 October 2020 |
|
|
23 October 2020 |
|
|
21 October 2020 |
|
|
20 October 2020 |
|
Assessment of damages for serious leg fractures: general damages awarded; special damages not proved; prior payment deducted.
Assessment of damages – Personal injury – pain and suffering, loss of amenities of life, disfigurement – reliance on comparable awards and inflation adjustments – special damages must be strictly pleaded and proved – deduction of prior insurer payment – leave to appeal granted.
|
16 October 2020 |
|
Assessment of wrongful‑death damages: loss of expectation of life, dependency calculation, and failure to prove special damages.
Assessment of damages – wrongful death – loss of expectation of life; loss of dependency – multiplicand and multiplier method; deduction of one‑third for personal expenses; life expectancy as multiplier basis; special damages require strict proof; adjustment for currency devaluation; default judgment assessment.
|
16 October 2020 |
|
Assessment of damages for catastrophic spinal injury: awards for pain, disfigurement and future care; no income or special damages.
Personal injury — assessment of damages — catastrophic spinal cord injury causing paraplegia — awards for pain and suffering, loss of amenities and disfigurement — future treatment and nursing care — loss of future earnings denied for lack of proof — special damages not proved — use of comparative awards and inflation adjustments.
|
16 October 2020 |
|
Assessment of personal injury damages; awards for pain, loss of amenities, and dismissal of unproven special damages.
Assessment of damages – personal injury – pain and suffering; loss of amenities of life; special damages require strict proof; use of comparative awards and adjustment for currency devaluation.
|
16 October 2020 |
|
Assessment of damages for wrongful death: entitlement, dependency calculations, and proof of special damages.
Damages assessment — wrongful death following road accident — entitlement of claimant lacking letters of administration — loss of expectation of life; loss of dependency (multiplicand, multiplier and 2/3 factor); special damages and proof; admissibility of receipts made out to employer/association.
|
16 October 2020 |
|
|
14 October 2020 |
|
|
13 October 2020 |
|
Court awarded aggravated damages to the claimants for defamatory newspaper publication and ordered the defendant to pay costs.
Defamation (libel) – aggravated damages – assessment factors: content and extent of publication, plaintiffs' standing and reputational harm, defendant's conduct (failure to retract/settle, pursuit of sensational publication), comparable awards and currency value adjustment; costs awarded to successful claimants.
|
12 October 2020 |
|
|
1 October 2020 |
|
|
1 October 2020 |