Commissioner for Railways (Nsw) v Scott

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1959-0701 HCA A,[1959] HCA 29
Date1959
CourtHigh Court
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13 cases
  • Csr Ltd v Eddy
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 21 October 2005
    ...354 at 371–372 per Toohey, McHugh, Gummow and Kirby JJ. 85Toohey v Hollier (1955) 92 CLR 618. 86Commissioner for Railways (NSW) v Scott (1959) 102 CLR 392 at 439–464 per Windeyer 87 For example Brownlee v MacMillan [1940] AC 802 at 809–810. 88Burnicle v Cutelli [1982] 2 NSWLR 26 at 31 per G......
  • Coulls v Bagot's Executor and Trustee Company Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • Invalid date
  • Barclay v Penberthy
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 2 October 2012
    ...care ‘in leapfrogging through the centuries’ when seeking to discover the remote antecedents of a rule of contemporary common law. Also in Scott, Dixon CJ remarked that to him it seemed far from the truth that the action per quod was to be condemned as being ‘out of keeping with modern soci......
  • Woolcock Street Investments Pty Ltd v Cdg Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 1 April 2004
    ...Corporation Ltd v Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd [1986] AC 1 at 15–17. 66Ultramares Corporation v Touche 174 NE 441 at 444 (1931). 68Commissioner for Railways (NSW) v Scott (1959) 102 CLR 69 [1978] AC 728. 70 [1978] AC 728 at 751–752. 71 [1978] AC 728 at 760. 72 [1978] AC 728 at 759. 73 [1983] 2 AC 1......
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