Tame v New South Wales
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judge | Gleeson CJ,Gaudron J,McHugh J,Gummow,KIRBY JJ,Hayne J,Callinan J |
| Judgment Date | 05 September 2002 |
| Neutral Citation | [2002] HCA 35,2002-0905 HCA A |
| Court | High Court |
| Docket Number | S83/2001 |
| Date | 05 September 2002 |
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Expert evidence, expert advocacy and normal fortitude claims for mental harm Frangie v South Western Sydney Local Health District t/as Liverpool Hospital
...n 1, at [112]–[113]. 56 Above n 1, at [113]. It was also noted that in Tame v New South Wales; Annetts v Australian Stations Pty Ltd (2002) 211 CLR 317; 191 ALR 449; [2002] HCA 35; BC200205111 (Annetts) that there was equally no implicit requirement of direct perception of the death, injury......
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High Court Revisits Whether Rescuers Can Recover Damages For Pure Mental Harm
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Mental Harm Suffered By Rescuers Considered By The High Court
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Government liability in negligence.
...(Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, McHugh, Hayne and Callinan JJ). (64) Ibid 580, 582. (65) Ibid 582. (66) Ibid 581. (67) See Tame v New South Wales (2002) 211 CLR 317, 335 (Gleeson CJ), 361 (McHugh J); Leichhardt Municipal Council v Montgomery (2007) 230 CLR 22, 46-9 (Kirby J), 87-8 (Callinan J); New S......
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THE PROMISE OF UNIVERSALITY
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