Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | [1994] HCA 13,1994-0324 HCA A |
| Year | 1994 |
| Date | 1994 |
| Court | High Court |
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2 firm's commentaries
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Case Note: Transfield Services (Australia) v Hall; Hall v QBE Insurance (Australia) [2008] NSWCA 294
...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......
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Smith v Inco Appeal Application
...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
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THE PROMISE OF UNIVERSALITY
...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......
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The site
...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......
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The Law of Bureaucratic Negligence in South Africa: A Comparative Commonwealth Perspective
...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......
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THE CONTINUING RELEVANCE OF COMMON LAW PROPERTY RIGHTS AND REMEDIES IN ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES.
...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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