Rajan has completed his Master of Professional Accounting from MIT and has just been offered an accountant position by a renowned accounting firm in Sydney. Before joining, Rajan wants to visit the famous Uluru Rock by train. Rajan boards a train that unfortunately crashed head on with a train coming the other way on a single-track railway line in the middle of the desert. He is injured and flown to hospital. His valuable laptop computer is destroyed in the wreck. Rajan was advised by the conductor to place his laptop in the freight car, but he ignored as he wanted to use the computer on this trip. Because of that loss Rajan missed out on wining a project worth $50,000.

Required: Advise if Rajan is likely to be successful in an action for negligence in the given scenario. What can he recover, if any, for his losses from the rail authority? Support your answer with relevant case laws and legislation, if any. (10 Marks)

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In the scenario described Rajans success in an action for negligence against the rail authority would depend on various factors including whether the ... View the full answer