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counterfactuals

Go directly to jail. Do not collect $20,000

Recent case law entrenches counterfactual reasoning in assessing compensatory damages for false imprisonment and raises serious human rights questions.

Stacks of Australian $100 notes on a scale

Berry v CCL Secure: new High Court guidance on counterfactual analysis

A closer look at the recent High Court decision emphasising the importance of precise pleading of counterfactuals.

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