Beckett v New South Wales
Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
Court | High Court |
Judge | French CJ,Hayne,Crennan,Kiefel,Bell JJ.,Gageler J. |
Judgment Date | 08 May 2013 |
Neutral Citation | 2013-0508 HCA C,[2013] HCA 17 |
Docket Number | S144/2012 |
Date | 08 May 2013 |
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Schneider v Royal Crown Gold Reserve Inc.
...525 at 533-534 per Sir Andrew Scoble for the Privy Council. 69 (1851) 1 Legge 706 at 707 per Stephen CJ. 70 Beckett v New South Wales (2013) 248 CLR 432 at 446 [30] per French CJ, Hayne, Crennan, Kiefel and Bell JJ; [2013] HCA 17, citing New South Wales Act 1823 (Imp) (4 Geo IV c 96), s 4 a......
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1 firm's commentaries
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NSW Government Bulletin - 22 May 2013
...be taken against the accused under s.7(2)b of the DPP Act 1986 (NSW). In the media Roseanne Beckett v the State of New South Wales [2013] HCA 17 The High Court of Australia has handed down a landmark decision overruling a previous High Court decision from nine decades ago. In its decision i......
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The Development of the High Court's Willingness to Overrule Common Law Precedent
...(2001) 206 CLR 512 (that overturned the ‘highway rule’ immunity in tort, and is discussed in the text above); Beckett v New South Wales (2013) 248 CLR 432 (regarding the requirements for the tort of malicious prosecution, this decision overturned traditional doctrine to hold that terminatio......