Gifford v Strang Patrick Stevedoringpty Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
JudgeGleeson CJ,McHugh J,Gummow,Kirby JJ,Hayne J,Callinan J
Judgment Date18 June 2003
Neutral Citation[2003] HCA 33,2003-0618 HCA A
CourtHigh Court
Docket NumberS111/2002, S112/2002 and S113/2002
Date18 June 2003
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    • 1 December 2007
    ...where physical proximity is no longer a determinative criterion in nervous shock cases (Gifford v Strang Patrick Stevedoring Pty Ltd[2003] HCA 33). 22.56 Another novel nervous shock claim was seen in Ngiam Kong Seng v CityCab Pte Ltd[2007] SGHC 38. The second defendant was the driver of a t......
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    ...husband, thejudge identi¢ed the sudden appreciation of a horrifying event as the moment he68 Gi¡ord vStrangPatrickStevedoringPty Ltd [2003] HCA 33, per McHugh J at 48.69 Mount I sa Mines L td vPusey(1970) 125 CLR 383;[1971] A LR253.70 Per Lord Ackner in Alcock vChiefConstable forSouthYorksh......

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