Dear Colleagues:

I am looking for an Australian case that stands for either of these two propositions:

1.  If a parent is injured by a driver’s carelessness, any dependant children who suffer loss because of the victim’s loss of earnings have no right of action.
2. If a husband suffers loss because of the defamation of his wife which results in her losing her job, he will have no standing to sue.

 Anything spring to mind?

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Jason Neyers
Associate Professor of Law
Faculty of Law
University of Western Ontario
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