Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation[1994] HCA 13,1994-0324 HCA A
Date1994
CourtHigh Court
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Case Note: Transfield Services (Australia) v Hall; Hall v QBE Insurance (Australia) [2008] NSWCA 294
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 27 November 2008
    ...of "extra-hazardous" activities, and in doing so departed from the High Court's decision in Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd (1994) HCA 13 which expanded categories of non-delegable duty to impose on a principal a liability for the negligent actions of an independent contractor......
  • Smith v Inco Appeal Application
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 29 December 2011
    ...property known to be contaminated, a property once contaminated and now clean or a 71 Burnie Port Authority v. General Jones Pty. Ltd., [1994] H.C.A. 13 (H. C. 72 Linden & Feldthusen, Canadian Tort Law, (8′") at 561, relying on Elder, "Environmental Protection through the Common Law", (......
9 books & journal articles
  • THE PROMISE OF UNIVERSALITY
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2013, December 2013
    • 1 December 2013
    ...QCA 283 at [67]). 151 For example, Commonwealth v Introvigne(1982) 150 CLR 258 at 271 and Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd(1994) 179 CLR 520 at 551. 152(2009) 239 CLR 390. 153CAL No 14 Pty Ltd v Motor Accidents Insurance Board(2009) 239 CLR 390 at 406. 154CAL No 14 Pty Ltd v Mo......
  • The site
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume II - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...per Giles Ja. 288 he owner’s duty is non-delegable: Hughes v Percival (1888) Lr 8 hL 443; Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd (1994) 179 CLr 520 at 550–551; Woodland v Essex County Council [2013] UKSC 66 at [8]–[10], per Lord Sumption JSC. 289 as any “good neighbour” would? See Do......
  • The Law of Bureaucratic Negligence in South Africa: A Comparative Commonwealth Perspective
    • South Africa
    • Acta Juridica No. , August 2019
    • 15 August 2019
    ...at 416–7; (1998) 151 ALR 147 at 213–214 para 241.51(2002) 211 CLR 540 at 627 para 240.52Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd (1979) 179 CLR 520 at 541 (HCA).53Home Off‌ice v Dorset Yacht [1970]AC 1004 at 1027 (HL).54[1932] AC 562 (HL) at 580.55Cf Jaensch v Coffey (1984) 155 CLR 549......
  • THE CONTINUING RELEVANCE OF COMMON LAW PROPERTY RIGHTS AND REMEDIES IN ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES.
    • Canada
    • McGill Law Journal Vol. 62 No. 3, March 2017
    • 1 March 2017
    ...73 (CA). (119) Transco, supra note 118 at para 39. (120) Ibid at para 35. (121) See Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd (1994), [1994] HCA 13, 179 CLR 520 at 521, 120 (122) See Smith CA, supra note 100 at para 104. While the Ontario Court of Appeal found against nickel being the r......
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