Watt v Rama
| Jurisdiction | Victoria |
| Date | 1972 |
| Court | Supreme Court |
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25 cases
- Veelavan Govindasamy v Dr Haris Hamzah
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B v Islington Health Authority
...the changed view, that the child could sue, was adopted. 27 The main Commonwealth case from a country with a common law jurisdiction is Watt v. Rama [1972] V.R. 353, a decision of the Supreme Court of Victoria in an appellate capacity which has since been accepted by other appellate courts ......
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Cattanach v Melchior
...at 246 (Wis, 1990). 591 551 NE 2d 1 at 5 (Mass, 1990). 592 Kosky v The Trustees of the Sisters of Charity [1982] VR 961. 593 Watt v Rama [1972] VR 353; X and Y (by her Tutor X) v Pal (1991) 23 NSWLR 594 McKay v Essex Area Health Authority [1982] QB 1166. 595 P's Curator Bonis v Criminal In......
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Harriton v Stephens
...v Melchior417. The Court there was not considering whether the damage claimed was capable of being evaluated by a court. Likewise in Watt v Rama418 there was evidence of damage capable of being evaluated by the Court and the question was whether established principle could encompass that da......
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1 firm's commentaries
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A statutory right to wrongful life compensation? Toombes v Mitchell (UK)
...4 Toombes v Mitchell [2020] EWCH 3506 (QB), at [14]. 5 Above n 4, at [16]. 6 Watt v Rama [1972] VicRp 40; [1972] VR 353. 7 Above n 4, at 8 Above n 4, at [24]. 9 Above n 4, at [25]. 10 Above n 4. 11 Above n 4, at [1]. 12 It was common ground between the parties that, on the agreed facts as p......
7 books & journal articles
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Harriton v. Stephens, Waller v. James: wrongful life and the logic of non-existence.
...(Gibbs C J); Yunghanns v Candoora No 19 Pty Ltd [1999] VSC 524 (Unreported, Gillard J, 15 December 1999) [75]-[86]. (57) See Watt v Rama [1972] VR 353; Burton v Islington Health Authority [1993] QB 204, 226 (Dillon LJ); De Martell v Merton and Sutton Health Authority [1993] QB 204, 213 (Phi......
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The Law’s Response to Pregnancy and Childbirth: Consistency, Conflict or Compromise?
...bond between the47 [1998] 3 WLR 936, 952 per Judge LJ.48 [1998] AC 245, 255.49 See, for example, the Australian case of Watt vRama [1972] VR 353, which applies Lord Atkin’s‘neighbourhood principle’ developed in Donoghue vStevenson [1932] AC 562. The English Court ofAppeal also adopted the W......
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Edwards v Blomeley; Harriton v Stephens; Waller v James: wrongful life actions in Australia.
...action for wrongful life in the United Kingdom. This statute was passed while McKay was being considered by the English courts. (11) [1972] VR353. (12) [1993] QB (13) [1992] 3 All ER 820. (14) (1991) 23 NSWLR 26. (15) Ibid 37 (Clarke JA). (16) [2002] NSWSC 460 (Unreported, Studdert J, 12 Ju......
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NON-INVASIVE PRENATAL TESTING FOR ADULT-ONSET CONDITIONS: REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE AND THE WELFARE OF THE FUTURE CHILD.
...around personal autonomy, self-determination and privacy apply in both scenarios. (122) Ibid. (123) Ibid. (124) Watt v Rama [1972] VR 353, 355, 361 (Winneke CJ and Pape J, Gillard J agreeing at 361). This case involved an infant who was injured as a result of a motor vehicle accident betwee......
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