Wrongful death action - Allegation of medical negligence - Credibility of witnesses including expert - Standard of care - Duty of care of medical practitioners/specialist - Bolan v Friern Hospital Management Committee - Damages under the Fatal Accident Act and Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisinos) Act
Cost - Defendant found not liable - Ancillary defendant therefore not subject to any liability - Whether costs of ancillary defendant should be payable by claimant directly to ncilary defendant - or be paid by 1st. defendant/ancillary claimant and be recoverable from the claimant - Relevance of Bullock of Sanderson orders.
Personal injury - Damage by over-passing electrical wires - Claimant working on un-approved building extension - Whether owner of vacant house ' occupier' - Principle of causation examined - proximate cause of injury - Whether Volenti decence available to defendant - Whether opinion evidence of non-expert of relevance - Non-delegable duty of care of independent contractor for inherently dangerous work - Proof of negligence when standards set by JBS nont contravened.