Buckley v Tutty

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1971-1213 HCA B,[1971] HCA 71
Date1971
CourtHigh Court
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2 firm's commentaries
  • The NRL Salary Cap - More than a pub debate?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 18 October 2010
    ...in the boardrooms, and pubs, at this point in time. ¹ Nordenfelt v Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Co [1894] AC 535 at 565 ² (1971) 125 CLR 353 The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific...
  • Announcing your new role on social media may breach your employment contract
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 6 December 2022
    ...of trade clauses are assumed unenforceable as a matter of public policy. This was determined in the High Court case of Buckley v Tutty (1971) 125 CLR 353 at 380 on the basis that people should be entitled to use their skills and These clauses are also continually being tested in the Courts,......
2 books & journal articles
  • CONTRACTUAL ILLEGALITY AND CONFLICT OF LAWS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1995, December 1995
    • 1 December 1995
    ...void and unenforceable contracts, see Brooks v. Burns Philp Trustee Co. Ltd.(1969) 121 C.L.R. 432 at 458—61 and Buckley v. Tutty(1971) 125 C.L.R. 353 at 379 et sequentes. 64 See Firm Pratapchand v. Firm Kotrike(1975) A.I.R. S.C. 1223 at 1228. 65 An example of a void and unenforceable contra......
  • Disciplined for `bringing a sport into disrepute': a framework for judicial review.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 25 No. 3, December 2001
    • 1 December 2001
    ...(1992) 27 NSWLR 483, 562 (Priestley JA). (29) See generally G M Kelly, Sport and the Law: An Australian Perspective (1987) 53-62. (30) (1971) 125 CLR 353, 374-5 (Barwick CJ, McTiernan, Windeyer, Owen and Gibbs JJ). See generally ibid 55-7. (31) Forbes, above n 20, 37. (32) Williams [1998] 2......

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