Burke v Lfot Pty Ltd
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judge | Gaudron ACJ,Hayne J,McHugh J,Kirby J,Callinan J |
| Judgment Date | 18 April 2002 |
| Neutral Citation | 2002-0418 HCA A,[2002] HCA 17 |
| Court | High Court |
| Docket Number | S130/2001 |
| Date | 18 April 2002 |
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...one reservation is that I am not sure that the “same damage” requirement will always follow Kirby J's approach in Burke v LFOT Pty Ltd [2002] HCA 17, (2002) 209 CLR 282. I see the “mutual discharge” requirement as a condition for contribution (see at [171] of William Young J's judgment) rat......
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Marlborough District Council v Altimarloch Joint Venture Ltd
...under the Law Reform Act 1936 are not made out since the vendors and the Council are not joint tortfeasors. 14 See Burke v LFOT Pty Ltd [2002] HCA 17, (2002) 209 CLR 282 at [15] per Gaudron ACJ and Hayne J, at [38] per McHugh J, at [92] per Kirby J, at [143] per Callinan J; see also BP Petr......
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Defender Ltd v HSBC France (1), Defender Ltd v HSBC France (2)
...of BLMIS; (xvi) The difference was best illustrated by the decision of the High Court of Australia in Burke v. LFOT Pty Limited [2002] HCA 17, (2002) 209 C.L.R. 282 (“ Burke”). There, the Australian High Court held that it would be “absurd” ( per McHugh J., at para. 59) if a fraudulent 7 c......
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Can defendants avoid or limit their liability through contractual provisions?
...Corp [2003] QCA 519 at [10]; JM & PM Holdings Pty Ltd v Snap-on Tools (Australia) Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 347 at [55]; Burke v LFOT Pty Ltd [2002] HCA 17 at 3 For example in G&S Engineering Services Pty Ltd v Mach Energy Australia Pty Ltd (No 3) [2020] NSWSC 1721. The content of this article i......
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Concurrent Wrongdoers And The Civil Liability Act Defender v HSBC
...the acts of HSBC ITSI and Madoff, the trial judge referred to a number of decisions including the Australian case of Burke v LFOT Pty Ltd [2002] HCA 17 (the "Burke Case"). In this case a solicitor was joined to proceedings by the seller of a business premises. In the Burke Case the seller h......
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Table of Cases
...W. Va. Dep’t of Health and Human Res., 532 U.S. 598 (2001), 8 Burke v LFOT Pty Limited (2002) 209 CLR 282, 354 Burke v LFOT Pty Limited [2002] HCA 17, 354 Buspirone Patent Litig., In re, 210 F.R.D. 43 (S.D.N.Y. 2002), 66, 156 Bussey v. Macon County Greyhound Park, Inc., 562 Fed. Appx. 782 (......
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UNJUST ENRICHMENT IN AUSTRALIA: WHAT IS(N'T) IT? IMPLICATIONS FOR LEGAL REASONING AND PRACTICE.
...in Jamie Glister and Pauline Ridge (eds), Fault Lines in Equity (Hart Publishing, 2012) 27, 40. (90) See, eg, Burke v LFOT Pty Ltd (2002) 209 CLR 282, 294 [22] (Gaudron ACJ and Hayne J); Albion Insurance Co Ltd v Government Insurance Office (NSW) (1969) 121 CLR 342, 351 (Kitto J); Mahoney v......
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International Mass Actions and Class Actions - B. Australia
...intervene with statutory or administrative solutions to forestall extensive litigation. 101. Burke v LFOT Pty Limited (2002) 209 CLR 282; [2002] HCA 17 at [14]. 102. Id . at [15], [38]. 103. Id. 104. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Guide to Section 87B of the Competition and......
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Unjust Enrichment in the ‘Fairchild Enclave’ International Energy Group Ltd v Zurich Insurance plc
...Sea Ltd vLondonBridge Engineering Ltd [2000] SLT 1123, 1141 per Lord Rodger (Scotland); Burke and Another vLfot Pty Limited and Others [2002] HCA 17 at [38] per Gaudron A-CJ and Hayne J (Australia);County of Carleton vCity of Ottawa [1965] SCR 663 at [8]–[11] per Hall J (Canada); CosmicInsu......