Read the full judgment text of CACV 000093/2007 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 23 May 2008.
1. This was an appeal from a judgment Burrell J given on 15 March 2007. The matter before the judge was a claim for personal injuries. At the commencement of the trial, liability was conceded and, hence, the judge was only concerned with the quantum of damages. In respect of that, there had been an agreement as to the amount in respect of pain, suffering and loss of amenities. That sum was $350,000. The judge awarded the plaintiff the sum of the $187,898 for past loss, in respect of future