Commissioner for Railways (Nsw) v Cardy

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation[1960] HCA 45,1960-0725 HCA A
Year1960
Date1960
CourtHigh Court
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    • High Court
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  • British Railways Board v Herrington
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 2 December 1970
    ...2 Queen's Bench 650) and the trilogy of cases in the High Court of Australia: Commissioner for Railways (N.S.W.) v. Cardey (104 Commonwealth Law Reports 274); Rich v. Commissioner for Railways (N.S.W.) (101 Commonwealth Law Reports 135) and Thompson v. Bankstown Corporation (87 Commonwealth......
  • British Railways Board v Herrington
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 16 February 1972
    ...disregard of the presence of the trespasser". It is to be observed that Dixon C.J. said in Commissioner for Railways (N.S.W.) v. Cardy 104 C.L.R. 274, 285—"The fixed rule that a trespasser comes at his own risk and that only a wilful injury to him is actionable is modified by the assimilati......
  • Brodie v Singleton Shire Council
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 31 May 2001
    ...of Gaudron J in Perre v Apand Pty Ltd (1999) 198 CLR 180 at 198–199 [29] and see, generally, Hill v Van Erp (1997) 188 CLR 159. 109 (1960) 104 CLR 274 at 110 Salmond, The Law of Torts, 6th ed (1924) at 454. 111 McLaren, ‘Nuisance in Canada’, in Linden (ed), Studies in Canadian Tort Law, (19......
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  • Case Note
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2013, December 2013
    • 1 December 2013
    ...apply in cases of occupier's liability. See Rich v Commissioner for Railways(1959) 101 CLR 135; Commissioner for Railways (NSW) v Cardy(1960) 104 CLR 274; Commissioner for Railways (NSW) v Anderson(1961) 105 CLR 42 and Voli v Inglewood Shire Council(1963) 110 CLR 74; see also Hackshaw v Sha......
  • SINGAPORE ACADEMY OF LAW ANNUAL LECTURE 2007: “AUSTRALIA’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMON LAW”
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 December 2008
    ...234. 62 For example, Jones v Bartlett(2000) 205 CLR 166. 63 Robert Addie & Sons (Collieries) Ltd v Dumbreck [1929] AC 358 at 365. 64 (1960) 104 CLR 274 (“Cardy”). 65 Commissioner for Railways v Quinlan [1964] AC 1054. 66 British Railways Board v Herrington [1972] AC 877 at 913. 67 Veinot v ......

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