Di Carlo v Dubois & Ors [2004] QCA 46

SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND CITATION: Di Carlo v Dubois & Ors [2004] QCA 46 PARTIES: SALVATORE DI CARLO (plaintiff/appellant/applicant) v DR PHILIP JAMES DUBOIS (first defendant/first respondent) PHILIP DUBOIS (MEDICAL) PTY LIMITED ACN 010 673 864 (deregistered) (second defendant/second respondent) DENNIS RICHARD OSBORNE, PHILIP JAMES DUBOIS, STEPHEN BENNETT KELLER, PIYOOSH KOTECHA, GARY EDWARD O'ROURKE, MARK JAMES READY, PETER STOREY, CHARLES BRUCE LEIBOWITZ, PETER CHARLES LUSH, NICHOLAS DAUNT, DAVID ALEXANDER NOBLE and PETER FERGUS LEGH, trading under the firm name or style of QUEENSLAND XRAY SERVICES (third defendant/third respondent) DR MICHAEL CORONEOS (fifth defendant/fourth respondent) FILE NO/S: Appeal No 7132 of 2003 Appeal No 2504 of 2004 SC No 1281 of 1996 DIVISION: Court of Appeal PROCEEDING: General Civil Appeal ORIGINATING COURT: Supreme Court at Brisbane DELIVERED EX TEMPORE ON: 24 February 2004 DELIVERED AT: Brisbane HEARING DATE: 24 February 2004 JUDGES: Davies and Williams JJA and McMurdo J Judgment of the Court ORDER: Appeal with respect to damages against Dr Coroneos dismissed CATCHWORDS: APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – APPEAL – PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – QUEENSLAND - POWERS OF COURT – ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES – whether appeal with respect to damages against the fourth respondent should be dismissed -- 1 of 2 -- 2 COUNSEL: N M Cooke QC for the appellant/applicant R V Hanson QC, with P L Feely, for the first, second and third respondents No appearance on behalf of the fourth respondent SOLICITORS: Baker Johnson Lawyers for the appellant/applicant Flower & Hart for the first, second and third respondents No appearance on behalf of the fourth respondent DAVIES JA: The appeal with respect to damages against Dr Coroneos is dismissed. -- 2 of 2 --