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General Principles Appeals on Damages – Part 6 by Craig Hobbs POTTS V FROST – FULL COURT – CONTINGENCIES   It is trite to say that when assessing future components of a [...]

General Principles – Appeals on Damages – Part 5 by Craig Hobbs POTTS V FROST – FULL COURT – WILSON v MCLEAY DAMAGES One of the errors asserted on behalf of the [...]

  General Principles – Appeals on Damages – Part 4 by Craig Hobbs POTTS V FROST – FULL COURT – GENERAL DAMAGES – CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2002 – SECTION 28   One [...]

General Principles – Appeals on Damages – Part 3 by Craig Hobbs POTTS v FROST – FULL COURT – CHALLENGE TO THE PRECISE MATHEMATICAL APPROACH ADOPTED BY THE TRIAL JUDGE IN ASSESSING [...]

POTTS v FROST – FULL COURT  - EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE PARENTS OF A PLAINTIFF TO MEET INJURY RELATED NEEDS The parents of Joshua Potts expended the sum of approximately $38,000.00 on [...]

FATAL ACCIDENTS ACT 1934   Future Loss of domestic services claims – applicable discount rate for present payment   By CRAIG HOBBS – Barrister – Derwent & Tamar Chambers   Does sections [...]

This blog post – together with several that will follow – will detail issues canvassed during a recent appeal hearing before the Full Court. The determination of some of those issues may [...]

Proportionate Liability – Fatal Accidents Claims Craig Hobbs     Do the proportionate liability provisions in Part 9A of the Civil Liability Act 2002 apply to claims pursuant to the Fatal Accidents [...]

      FATAL ACCIDENTS ACT 1934 (Tas) – A Practical Guide and Useful Hints When Considering and Quantifying Claims   By CRAIG HOBBS   Barrister   Derwent & Tamar Chambers  Tasmania     [...]

  DAMAGES – PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION – LOSS OF EARNING CAPACITY – FUTURE ANTICIPATED RECEIPT OF CENTRELINK BENEFITS – CONTINGENCIES – AN ISSUE IN NEED OF RESOLUTION   By CRAIG HOBBS – Barrister [...]