Recent Cases

El Assaad v Al Haje [2024] NSWCA 306 (20 December 2024) (Ward P, Ball JA and Price AJA)


Catchwords:


TORTS – intentional torts – battery – appeal only as to assessment of damages – where respondent alleged his career as an actor had been affected by physical and psychological injuries caused by appellant – whether primary judge erred in finding that respondent suffers from chronic post-traumatic stress disorder – whether primary judge erred in determination of general damages, past economic loss, and future economic loss