[2]Australian Capital Territory, Department of Justice and Community Services, Loss of Consortium, Issues Paper, ACT, Canberra 1990.
[3]McIntyre v Miller (1980) 30 ACTR 8.
[4]Wrongs Act 1936 (SA) s. 33 and Law Reform (Husband and Wife) Act 1968 (Qld) s. 3.
[5]Compensation (Fatal Injuries) Act 1974 (NT) s. 10(3)(c).
[6]M Thornton 'Loss of Consortium: Inequality Before the Law' Sydney Law Review, Vol 10, 1984, 259 at 275.
[7]Nguyen v Nguyen (1990) 169 CLR 245.
[8]Griffiths v Kerkemeyer (1977) 139 CLR 161.
[9]Donnelly v Joyce [1974] QB 454.
[10]Cummings v Canberra Theatre Trust (unreported) Full Court of the Federal Court (18 June 1980); and Hodges v Frost (1984) 53 ALR 373.
[11]Hodges v Frost at first instance, (unreported) decision of Kelly J, Supreme Court ACT (21 October 1983) No. 799 of 1980.
[12]Lander v The Commonwealth and Bagozzi (unreported) decision of Miles CJ, Supreme Court, ACT (8 May 1987) No. 443 of 1980.
[13]Lander v The Commonwealth and Bagozzi at 28, refer also to Waters v Mussig (1986) 1 Qd R 224.
[14] Refer to R Graycar 'Compensation for Loss of Capacity to Work in the Home' Sydney Law Review, vol. 10, 1985, 528 at 547 to 554 and cases cited therein.
[15] Common Law (Miscellaneous Actions) Act 1986 (TAS) s. 5, Transport Accident Act 1986 (VIC) s. 93(10), Motor Accidents Act 1988 (NSW) s. 72 (provision commenced operation in 1989), Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) s. 151K (provision commenced operation in 1990) and Wrongs Act 1936 (SA) ss. 35a(1)(g), (h), and 35a(2) (provisions commenced operation in 1987).
[16]ALRC Report No 32 at 10-13.
[17]Australian Bureau of Statistics, Measuring Unpaid Household Work: Issues and Experimental Estimates, Canberra, 1990.
[18]GIO of NSW v Planas (1984) 2 NSWLR 671 at 676, Wann v Fire and All Risks Insurance Co. Ltd. (1990) 2 Qd R 596 at 600, for an example of a decision which looks to the circumstances of the provider of the services refer to Veselinovic v Thorley (1988) 1 Qd R 191.
[19]Griffiths v Kerkemeyer at 193.
[20]Refer to paragraph 22.