BDT v BDG

DISTRICT COURT OF QUEENSLAND CITATION: BDT v BDG [2019] QDC 74 PARTIES: BDT (plaintiff) and BDG (defendant) FILE NO/S: S11781/2017 DIVISION: PROCEEDING: Assessment of damages ORIGINATING COURT: Supreme Court at Brisbane DELIVERED ON: 10 May 2019 DELIVERED AT: Brisbane HEARING DATE: 27 March 2019 JUDGE: McGill SC, DCJ ORDER: Certify damages assessed at $972,812.91, including $349,778.41 by way of interest.          CATCHWORDS: DAMAGES – Psychiatric injuries – sexual assault – whether aggravated damages appropriate – assessment of economic loss – interest on past loss. AP v Di Pino (No. 2) [2012] QDC 5 – considered.Battiato v Lagana [1992] 2 Qd R 234 – cited.Bird v Bool (Writ 815/95, 16 October 1997, Derrington J, unreported, BC 9705223) – considered.Callinan v Borovina [1977] Qd R 366 – cited.Camm v Salter [1992] 2 Qd R 342 – cited.Clark v Ainsworth (1996) 40 NSWLR 463 – cited.Davis & Anor v Bound & Anor [2011] QDC 82 – considered.Fire and All Risks Insurance Co Ltd v Callinan (1978) 140 CLR 427 – cited.Grieve v Gomez [2017] QDC 298 – considered.Henry v Thompson [1989] 2 Qd R 412 – cited.Jackson v Bagwell [1992] 2 Qd R 390 – cited.K v G [2010] QSC 13 – considered.Malec v JC Hutton Pty Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 638 – applied.MBP (SA) Pty Ltd v Gogic (1991) 171 CLR 657 – cited.P v R [2010] QSC 139 – considered.Paten v Bale (Writ 8921/98, 19 October 1999, Wilson J, unreported, BC 9906872) – considered.Richardson v Oracle Corporation Australia Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC...