Chappel v Hart

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1998-0902 HCA A,[1998] HCA 55
Date1997
CourtHigh Court
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3 firm's commentaries
  • What is an award of damages?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 14 Marzo 2022
    ...Law (Sch 2 Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)). Footnotes i Malec v JC Hutton Pty Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 638 at 642-3. ii Chappel v Hart [1998] HCA 55; 195 CLR 232; 156 ALR 517; 72 ALJR 1344 (2 September iii Re Henjo Investments Pty Limited; Henry Saade and Saade Developments Pty Limited v......
  • What is an award of damages?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 14 Marzo 2022
    ...Law (Sch 2 Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)). Footnotes i Malec v JC Hutton Pty Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 638 at 642-3. ii Chappel v Hart [1998] HCA 55; 195 CLR 232; 156 ALR 517; 72 ALJR 1344 (2 September iii Re Henjo Investments Pty Limited; Henry Saade and Saade Developments Pty Limited v......
  • Vioxx appeal in Full Federal Court successful
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 18 Octubre 2011
    ...steps away from this interpretation. Footnotes 1 Merck Sharp & Dohme (Australia) Pty Ltd v Peterson [2011] FCAFC 128 at 93. 2 (1998) 195 CLR 232. 3 (1998) 195 CLR 232 at [27]. 4Merck Sharp & Dohme (Australia) Pty Ltd v Peterson [2011] FCAFC 128 at 104-105. 5Merck Sharp & Dohme (......
9 books & journal articles
  • THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INTERESTS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2015, December 2015
    • 1 Diciembre 2015
    ...stance, Singapore's position with respect to the non-disclosure of medical risks is currently somewhat isolated (see para 16 below). 37 (1998) 195 CLR 232. 38 [2005] 1 AC 134. 39 Chappel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232 and Chester v Afshar[2005] 1 AC 134 were decided in the wake of the seminal in......
  • MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE AND PATIENT AUTONOMY
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2015, December 2015
    • 1 Diciembre 2015
    ...AC 134. 34 For a recent critique of this case, see Tamsyn Clark & Donal Nolan, “A Critique of Chester v Afshar”(2014) 34 OxJLS 659. 35 (1998) 195 CLR 232. 36 Chester v Afshar [2005] 1 AC 134 at [14] and [18]. 37 See, for example, Rees v Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust[2004] 1 AC 309 ......
  • Autonomy and the Law of the Faster Horse: In Response to the Adoption of Autonomous Vehicles, What Aspects of the Australian and Irish Legal Liability Frameworks Require Reform?
    • Ireland
    • Hibernian Law Journal No. 21-2022, July 2022
    • 12 Julio 2022
    ...Manufacturers will need to be wary of making bold claims about the revolutionary 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 Chappel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232; Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 205 CLR Geistfeld (n 58) 1621. Worsley v Tambrands Ltd [1999] EWHC 273. European Parliament and Council Directive 2......
  • Le juge canadien, anglais et australien devant l'incertitude causale en matiere de responsabilite medicale.
    • Canada
    • McGill Law Journal Vol. 59 No. 4, June - June 2014
    • 1 Junio 2014
    ...l'etude des importantes affaires anglaise (Chester v Afshar, [2004] UKHL 41, [2005] 1 AC 134) et australienne (Chappel v Hart, [1998] HCA 55, [1998] 195 CLR 232) qui traitent de la causalite dans le contexte du consentement eclaire est exclue. (2) Voir par ex Snell c Farrell, [1990] 2 RCS 3......
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