Abalos v Australian Postal Commission

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation[1990] HCA 47,1990-1115 HCA A
Date1990
Year1990
CourtHigh Court

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1 firm's commentaries
  • Occupiers Liability: Balpar Pty Ltd v Peter Hamrol [2007] NSWCA 189
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 7 August 2007
    ...findings of facts made by trial judges. The decision also affirms the principle in the case of Abalos v Australian Postal Commission (1990) 171 CLR 167, where Justice McHugh "Where a trial judge has made a finding of fact contrary to the evidence of a witness but has made no reference to th......
3 books & journal articles
  • Litigation
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume III - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...Brett v Rees [2009] WASCA 159 at [63]–[69], per Owen JA. 1363 Watt v homas [1947] AC 484 at 488; Abalos v Australian Postal Commission (1990) 171 CLR 167 at 178; J Jarvis & Sons Ltd v Castle Wharf Developments Ltd [2001] 1 Lloyd’s Rep PN 308 at 319 [58] (CA); Vosebe Pty Ltd v Bakavgas [2009......
  • THE UNSTABLE PROVINCE OF JURY FACT-FINDING: EVIDENCE EXCLUSION, PROBATIVE VALUE AND JUDICIAL RESTRAINT AFTER IMM V. THE QUEEN.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 41 No. 2, December 2017
    • 1 December 2017
    ...331 ALR 550. (145) Ibid 561 [54] (citations omitted). (146) CSR (n 110) 44-5 [180], quoting Abalos v Australian Postal Commission (1990) 171 CLR 167, 179 (McHugh (147) Fox (n 129) 126 [23] (Gleeson CJ, Gummow and Kirby JJ). See also Housen v Rural Municipality of Shellbrook [2002] 2 SCR 235......
  • Asylum Adjudication, Mental Health and Credibility Evaluation*
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 41-3, September 2013
    • 1 September 2013
    ...of trial judges on questions of credibility were first written. They are available to us today.'; Abalos v Australian Postal Commission (1990) 171 CLR 167; Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118, See also the discussion in Anthony Good, Anthropology and Expertise in the Asylum Courts (Glasshouse, 2......