b Proximity(physical circumstantial or causal) Donoughue v Stevenson (1932)AC562 Sutherland shire council y Heyman(1985)157 CLR 424b. Proximity (physical, circumstantial or causal) Donoughue v Stevenson (1932) AC 562 Sutherland Shire Council v Heyman (1985) 157 CLR 424