Astley v Austrust Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1999-0304 HCA A,[1999] HCA 6
Date1999
Year1999
CourtHigh Court
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Blameless Pedestrian Darts Out
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 21 October 2012
    ...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......
  • NSW Court of Appeal finds that builder owes duty of care to subsequent owner
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 10 February 2014
    ...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
  • Litigation
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume III - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...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......
  • The legal and commercial frameworks
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume I - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...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 ......
  • CONTRACT DAMAGES AND THE PROMISEE'S ROLE IN ITS OWN LOSS.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 42 No. 2, April 2019
    • 1 January 2019
    ...(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......
  • WHO LEFT THE GATES UNLOCKED? RECONCILING THE DUTIES OF AUDITORS AND COMPANY DIRECTORS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 December 2008
    ...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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