Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the claimant proved natural and adequate causation for the claimed settlement-related damages.
Decisione estratta
The claimant failed to prove natural causation for several damage items; adequacy was relevant only for the items already shown to be naturally caused.
Motivazione estratta
The Federal Court held that natural causation is a factual question and that the appellant's arguments misunderstood the lower court's findings. Where natural causation was not established, adequacy need not be examined.