Di Carlo v Dubois

[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
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.