Griffiths v Kerkemeyer
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | [1977] HCA 45,1977-0831 HCA A |
| Date | 1977 |
| Year | 1977 |
| Court | High Court |
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2 firm's commentaries
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Past gratuitous services not recoverable from Lifetime Care & Support Authority
...where the ramifications of the Court of Appeal's decision are of no national interest. Footnotes 1 McColl, Macfarlan and Hoeben JJA 2 [1977] HCA 45 Ranked No 1 - Australia's fastest growing law firm' (Legal Partnership Survey, The Australian July The content of this article is intended to p......
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NSW Supreme Court gives important guidance about damages in wrongful birth claims
...also claimed damages for gratuitous care they had provided, and would provide, to Keeden, by analogy with Griffiths v Kerkemeyer (1977) 139 CLR 161. Hence, their claim was to recover an amount equivalent to the commercial cost of nursing and domestic services. However, their claim was diffe......
1 books & journal articles
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Edwards v Blomeley; Harriton v Stephens; Waller v James: wrongful life actions in Australia.
...Gleitman v Cosgrove, 227 A 2d 689 (NJ, 1967). (4) Edwards [2002] NSWSC 460 (Unreported, Studdert J, 12 June 2002) [3]. (5) Ibid. (6) (1977) 139 CLR 161. (7) Only two Australian authorities were considered by Studdert J, both involving children born disabled as a result of rubella or measles......