This book is primarily concerned with how an Australian court arrives at the sum of money it will award as damages to the victim of a tort or breach of contract who has suffered damage in the form of personal injury. It also deals with the assessment of the damages payable when death has resulted from such personal injury, and with the few other remaining instances of 'relational' loss, where one person may recover damages for loss he or she has sustained as a result of personal injury suffered by another.
