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Stevens v Head

[1993] HCA 19; (1993) 176 CLR 433
JurisdictionAustralia
CourtHigh Court of Australia
Year1993
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Provisions limiting the quantification of damages (as distinct from defining the heads of liability) are procedural and governed by the lex fori in a choice-of-law tort case.

Area of Law

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