Attempted murder in the workplace – does a duty of care arise from unexpected and unforeseeable criminal conduct? – Optus Administration Pty Limited v Glenn Wright by his tutor James Stuart Wright...
Author: Andrew HowardJudgement Date: 17th February, 2017Citation: Optus Administration Pty Limited v Glenn Wright by his tutor James Stuart Wright [2017] NSWCA 21Jurisdiction: New South Wales Court of Appeal[1]PrinciplesSection 32 of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) (CLA) imposes restrictions on the circumstances in which a person owes a duty of care to another with respect to ‘mental harm’.If the alleged mental harm resulted from...