Astley v Austrust Ltd
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | 1999-0304 HCA A,[1999] HCA 6 |
| Date | 1999 |
| Year | 1999 |
| Court | High Court |
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195 cases
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...those founded in tort.” 313 The issue came before the High Court of Australia in Astley v Austrust Ltd [1999] Lloyd's Rep PN 758; (2000) 197 CLR 1 (“ Astley”), a decision on which Primeo places particular reliance. The plaintiff, a trustee company, sued its solicitors in contract and tort c......
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Blameless Pedestrian Darts Out
...judgement. Footnotes 1 Beazley, Sackville and Tobias JJ 2 See Prodrebersek v Australian Iron & Steel Pty Limited (1985) 59 ALJR 492 3 [1999] HCA 6 4 [2004] HCA 12 Ranked No 1 - Australia's fastest growing law firm' (Legal Partnership Survey, The Australian July 2010) The content of this......
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NSW Court of Appeal finds that builder owes duty of care to subsequent owner
...with their relationship. In coming to his conclusion, the primary judge placed significant weight on a passage from Astley v Austrust Ltd [1999] HCA 6; 197 CLR 1 which posited that the law of negligence should not regulate the relationship of parties to a contract because the contract defin......
6 books & journal articles
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The legal and commercial frameworks
...2012); Goh, “A comparative account of statutory interpretation in Singapore” (2008) 29 Statute Law Review 195. 62 Astley v Austrust Ltd (1999) 197 CLR 1 at 31 [71], per Gleeson CJ, McHugh, Gummow and Hayne JJ. 63 Sit Kwong Lam v Management Corporation Strata Title Plan No. 2645 [2018] SGCA ......
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Litigation
...ICLR 146 at 150–151. 139 Roberts v Gill & Co [2010] 2 WLR 1227 at 1258–1259 [108], per Lord Walker JSC. 140 See Astley v Austrust Ltd (1999) 197 CLR 1 at 28 [60]. 141 See paragraph 14.68f. 142 See paragraph 19.38. 143 See paragraphs 13.256–13.258. 144 See paragraph 21.83. LITIGATION (ii) Co......
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CONTRACT DAMAGES AND THE PROMISEE'S ROLE IN ITS OWN LOSS.
...(Santow JA, Hodgson JA agreeing at 60138 [1], McClellan AJA agreeing at 60155 [126]) ('Rolfe'). See generally Astley v Austrust Ltd (1999) 197 CLR 1, 37 [85]-[86] (Gleeson CJ, McHugh, Gummow and Hayne JJ) (78) Derbyshire Building (n 77) 652-3 (Kitto J), 660 (Windeyer J) (Windeyer J ultimate......
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WHO LEFT THE GATES UNLOCKED? RECONCILING THE DUTIES OF AUDITORS AND COMPANY DIRECTORS
...A Viable Defence for Auditors?”(1990) LMCLQ 416 at 421 and the decision of the High Court of Australia in Astley v Austrust Ltd(1999) 197 CLR 1 at [30]: The duties and responsibilities of the defendant are a variable factor in determining whether contributory negligence exists and, if so, t......
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