Wallace v Kam
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judge | French CJ,Crennan,Kiefel,Gageler,Keane JJ |
| Judgment Date | 08 May 2013 |
| Neutral Citation | [2013] HCA 19,2013-0508 HCA A |
| Docket Number | S307/2012 |
| Court | High Court |
| Date | 08 May 2013 |
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98 cases
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Ethicon Sarl v Gill
...4 FCR 296 Vairy v Wyong Shire Council [2005] HCA 62; (2005) 223 CLR 422 Vale v Sutherland [2009] HCA 26; (2009) 237 CLR 638 Wallace v Kam [2013] HCA 19; (2013) 250 CLR 375 Wilkes v DePuy International Ltd [2016] EWHC 3096 (QB); [2017] 3 All ER 589 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt [1980] HCA 12; ......
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3 firm's commentaries
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Husband succeeds on causation over wifes death on appeal
...causation involves nothing more than the application of the "but for test": Strong v Woolworths Limited [2012] HCA 5 and Wallace v Kam [2013] HCA 19. the road surface was slippery as a result of the road works (described by one witness as akin to "walking on marbles"); the plaintiff's partn......
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Improving patient outcomes for our non-English speaking community and the hearing impaired - when do you need to use an interpreter in providing health services? Biggs v George [2016] NSWCA 113; Hinton v Alpha Westmead Private Hospital [2016] FC
...of the patient's medical history and clinical needs; an obligation to warn of material risks as part of the duty of care: Wallace v Kam (2013) 250 CLR 375; Rogers v Whitaker (1992) 175 CLR 479; to obtain appropriate consent for the treatment and as a defence against assault and battery; bes......
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Medical practitioner's duty to warn and the two limb test for causation
...breach was the cause of the risk that in fact materialised. Patient sues neurosurgeon following surgical procedure The case Wallace v Kam [2013] HCA 19 arose out of a claim by a patient, Mr Ian Wallace, against his neurosurgeon, Dr Andrew Kam, regarding a surgical procedure performed on his......
2 books & journal articles
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CONTRACT DAMAGES AND THE PROMISEE'S ROLE IN ITS OWN LOSS.
...269, 286 [89] (Ipp JA); Strong v Woolworths Ltd (2012) 246 CLR 182, 191 [19] (French CJ, Gummow, Crennan and Bell JJ); Wallace v Kam (2013) 250 CLR 375, 383 [14], 385-6 [22]-[24] (French CJ, Crennan, Kiefel, Gageler and Keane (9) Cf Howmet Ltd v Economy Devices Ltd [2016] BLR 555. (10) Cast......
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The occupiers' liability and civil liability legislation.
...of Tort Law Reform Legislation: Oil and Water or a Milky Pond?' (2013) 21 Torts Law Journal 126, 134-42. (125) Wallace v Kam (2013) 250 CLR 375, 383 [16] (French CJ, Crennan, Kiefel, Gageler and Keane (126) Ibid 383 [14]. (127) See especially Stewart and Stuhmcke, above n 124. (128) Ibid. (......