Comments on: Update: Oz high court reverses sex-injury comp award https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/11/update-oz-high-court-reverses-sex-injury-comp-award/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 03 Nov 2013 22:03:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Malcolm https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/11/update-oz-high-court-reverses-sex-injury-comp-award/comment-page-1/#comment-245642 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 22:03:46 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=42229#comment-245642 This story has be titillating us for a long time here in Australia. I can’t imagine anybody except a lawyer who would disagree with the Hogh Court’s decision in this case.
However, to answer Boblipton’s query, the High Court is capable of examining the evidence, but usually, by the time an appeal reaches it, the facts of a case are agreed upon by both parties, and only issues of law are involved.

]]> By: Boblipton https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/11/update-oz-high-court-reverses-sex-injury-comp-award/comment-page-1/#comment-245346 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 13:56:23 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=42229#comment-245346 This article raises the question of whether the Australian High Court rules only on matters of law or if they also examine the evidence.

Bob

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