Beckett v New South Wales
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| 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 |
| Court | High Court |
| Date | 08 May 2013 |
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Attwells v Jackson Lalic Lawyers Pty Ltd
...Wurridjal v The Commonwealth (2009) 237 CLR 309 at 350 [65], 352–353 [70], 357–359 [82]–[86]; [2009] HCA 2; Beckett v New South Wales (2013) 248 CLR 432 at 454 [52]; [2013] HCA 30The Tramways Case [No 1] (1914) 18 CLR 54 at 58; [1914] HCA 15. 31Wurridjal v The Commonwealth (2009) 237 CLR 30......
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Taylor v Attorney-General
...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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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......
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Does “Prosecution” in the Law of Malicious Prosecution Extend to Malicious Civil Proceedings? A Commonwealth Update (part 1)
...v Gwent Constabulary 2011 EWHC 2836 (QB) paras 130-131; Qema v News Group Newspapers Ltd 2012 EWHC 1146 (QB) para 2. 2 Beckett v NSW 2013 248 CLR 432 pa ra 4; A v New South Wales 2007 230 CLR 5 00 502-503.3 Nelles v Ontari o 1989 60 DLR (4th) 609 (SCC) para 42; Proulx v Quebec (Atto rney Ge......