Butler v Fairclough

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Judgment Date1917
Neutral Citation[1917] HCA 9,1917-0329 HCA A
Date1917
Year1917
CourtHigh Court

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2 books & journal articles
  • Contract Damages, Corrective Justice and Punishment
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 70-6, November 2007
    • November 1, 2007
    ...For Australia, see Gray vMotorAccident Commission[1998] HCA70; (1998) 196 CLR1, 6^7,citi ngGri⁄th CJ in Butler vFaircl ough (1917) 23 CLR 78,89.In New Zealand, notwithstanding a num-ber of High Court dec isions that favoured the availability of punitive damages in co ntract(s eeTa kand CoIn......
  • AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF EXEMPLARY DAMAGES IN AUSTRALIA.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 43 No. 2, December 2019
    • December 1, 2019
    ...and Luntz (n 2) 769. (23) Gray (n 3) 7 [14] (Gleeson CJ, McHugh, Gummow and Hayne JJ). (24) Ibid 9-10 [22]. (25) Butler v Fairclough (1917) 23 CLR 78, 89 (Griffith CJ), quoted in ibid 6 [13]. There may, however, be some room for argument both as a matter of precedent and in principle: see, ......