Agar v Hyde; Agar v Worsley

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
JudgeGleeson CJ.,Gaudron,McHugh,Gummow,Hayne JJ.,Callinan J.
Judgment Date03 August 2000
Neutral Citation[2000] HCA 41,2000-0803 HCA A
CourtHigh Court
Docket NumberS159/1999
Date03 August 2000
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Summary judgment application in Queensland
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 1 Septiembre 2022
    ...by r 292 must be exercised with care. Trite is defined as - lacking originality or freshness, dull on account of overuse. In Agar v Hyde [2000] HCA 41, Gleeson CJ said at It is, of course, well accepted that a court whose jurisdiction is regularly invoked in respect of a local defendant . s......
  • Sports Law Update: Sally James v USM Events Pty Ltd [2022] QSC 63
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 21 Julio 2022
    ...Justice Brown accepted that there will be 'inescapable risks' in any sporting event. However, he cited a passage from Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552 to set out the limits of this argument. It is worth quoting it in "Voluntary participation in a sporting activity does not imply an assumption......
5 books & journal articles
  • Pleading and proving foreign law in Australia.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 31 No. 2, August 2007
    • 1 Agosto 2007
    ...Finn J, 26 July 2005); O'Driscoll [2006] WASCA 25 (Unreported, Malcolm CJ, McLure JA and Murray AJA, 22 February 2006). (43) (2000) 201 CLR 552, 576 (Gaudron, McHugh, Gummow and Hayne JJ). (44) See, eg, Neufeld [2002] NSWCA 335 (Unreported, Spigelman CJ, Hodgson and Beazley JJA, 2 October 2......
  • Government liability in negligence.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 32 No. 1, April 2008
    • 1 Abril 2008
    ...Attorney-General (Hong Kong) [1988] AC 175, 190 (Lord Keith for Lords Keith, Templeman, Griffiths, Oliver and Sir Robert Megarry). (91) (2000) 201 CLR 552. (92) Ibid 562 (Gleeson CJ), 580 (Gaudron, McHugh, Gummow and Hayne (93) Ibid 563 (Gleeson CJ), 601 (Callinan J). (94) Ibid 563 (Gleeson......
  • THE PROMISE OF UNIVERSALITY
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2013, December 2013
    • 1 Diciembre 2013
    ...Us from Ourselves — The Duty of Care in Negligence to Prevent Self-inflicted Harm”(2010) 18 TLJ 22 at 40. 235 For example, Agar v Hyde(2000) 201 CLR 552. 236 For example, Mulligan v Coffs Harbour City Council(2005) 223 CLR 486 and Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales v Dederer(200......
  • Prosecutorial guidelines for voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide: autonomy, public confidence and high quality decision-making.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 36 No. 2, August 2012
    • 1 Agosto 2012
    ...(McHugh J). (78) Stuart v Kirkland-Veenstra (2009) 237 CLR 215, 248 [87]. (79) Ibid 248 [88]. (80) Ibid 248 [89], citing Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552, 583-4 [88]-[90] (Gaudron, McHugh, Gummow and Hayne JJ). The judges also endorsed the view of Lord Hope in Reeves v Commissioner of Police ......
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