Commonwealth v Introvigne

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
CourtHigh Court
Neutral Citation1982-0803 HCA A,[1982] HCA 40
Year1982
Date1982

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3 firm's commentaries
  • Schools - Non-Delegable Duty of Care
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 12 May 2012
    ...give rise to a non-delegable duty of care (see Kondis v State Transport Authority (1984) 154 CLR 672; Commonwealth v Introvigne (1982) 150 CLR 258): Employer to employee; Hospital to patient; School to student. For the Court to find a defendant liable to a plaintiff, it first must find that......
  • Reasonable Care For Children
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 22 January 2008
    ...finding against the academy is unsurprising, in light of the High Court authority of The Commonwealth of Australia v Introvine (1982) 150 CLR 258. Those in charge of children entrusted to them by their parents must take on great responsibilities for their The finding against Hill is a littl......
  • Student assaulted by fellow student - liability of School Authority
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 12 November 2012
    ...on the balance of probabilities, have averted the harm suffered by a plaintiff. Footnotes 1 Allsop P, Beazley JA and Preston CJ of LEC 2 [1982] HCA 40 3 [1980] HCA 12 4 Ibid 5 [2009] HCA 49 Ranked No 1 - Australia's fastest growing law firm' (Legal Partnership Survey, The Australian July 20......
3 books & journal articles
  • THE PROMISE OF UNIVERSALITY
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2013, December 2013
    • 1 December 2013
    ...Association[2012] EWHC 2631 (QB) at [51] (citing Fitzgerald v Hill[2008] 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 Acci......
  • Case Note
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2017, December 2017
    • 1 December 2017
    ...19 Woodland v Swimming Teachers Association [2014] AC 537 at [7]. 20 The leading cases include: Commonwealth of Australia v Introvigne(1982) 150 CLR 258; Kondis v State Transport Authority(1984) 154 CLR 672; Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd(1994) 179 CLR 520 and State of New So......
  • Sexual abuse of pupils by teachers in South African schools: The vicarious liability of education authorities
    • South Africa
    • Juta South African Law Journal No. , March 2020
    • 17 March 2020
    ...accessed on 8 July 2019.157 Ibid at 10.158 (2003) 195 ALR 412 (‘Lepore’).159 In Commonwealth v Introvigne (1982) 150 CLR 258 the court held the education autho rity li able for the injur y of a pupil upon nd ing that the y neglige ntly breached the ir non-delega ble duty of care.160 See S ......