Wicks v State Rail Authority of New South Wales Sheehan v State Rail Authority of New South Wales
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judge | French CJ,Gummow,Hayne,Heydon,Crennan,Kiefel,Bell JJ |
| Judgment Date | 16 June 2010 |
| Neutral Citation | [2010] HCA 22,2010-0616 HCA C |
| Docket Number | Matter No S27/2010 |
| Court | High Court |
| Date | 16 June 2010 |
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King v Philcox
...Sched 2 to the Motor Vehicle Accidents (Lifetime Support Scheme) Act 2013 (SA) to insert ‘is caused by or’ before ‘arises out of’. 17 (2010) 241 CLR 60 at 71–72 [25]; [2010] HCA 18 It is not necessary for present purposes to consider whether ‘a recognised psychiatric illness’ is a narrower ......
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DOQ17 v Australian Financial Security Authority (No 3)
...Management Limited v Perpetual Trustee Company Limited [2007] HCA 45; (2007) 233 CLR 528 Wicks v State Rail Authority of New South Wales [2010] HCA 22; (2010) 241 CLR 60 Date of hearing: 13-14 September 2018 Date of last submissions: 22 November 2018 Registry: New South Wales Division: Gene......
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6 firm's commentaries
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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
...Above n 1, at [109]. 51 Referring to Wicks v State Rail Authority of New South Wales; Sheehan v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (2010) 241 CLR 60; 267 ALR 23; [2010] HCA 22; BC201004005 (Wicks); above n 1, at 52 Above n 1, at [113]–[114]. 53 Wicks, above n 51. 54 As found in the Act......
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High Court: Rescuers Attending Scene Of Train Wreck Are Entitled To Damages For Psychiatric Illness
...-v- State Rail Authority of New South Wales; Sheehan -v- State Rail Authority of New South Wales [2010] HCA 22; 16 June On 31 January 2003 a train accident occurred near Waterfall Station, south of Sydney in New South Wales. The train was travelling at high speed. It derailed. All four carr......
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Rail Accident Rescuers and Mental Harm Claims
...the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) (the Civil Liability Act). The two cases of Wicks and Sheehan v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (2010) HCA22 overturned the decision of the New South Wales Court of Appeal and each matter was remitted to the Court of Appeal for further consideratio......
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High Court Revisits Whether Rescuers Can Recover Damages For Pure Mental Harm
...date: 16 June 2010, Wicks v SRA; Sheehan v SRA [2010] HCA 22. High In Brief In applying the provisions relating to the recovery of damages for mental harm contained in Pt 3 of the Civil Liability Act 2002 it must first be determined whether the defendant owed the plaintiff a relevant duty o......
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