Commonwealth v Introvigne
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | 1982-0803 HCA A,[1982] HCA 40 |
| Date | 1982 |
| Year | 1982 |
| Court | High Court |
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Annie Rachel Woodland (a Protected Party Suing by Her Father and Litigation Friend, Ian Woodland) v Essex County Council
...affected might reasonably expect that due care will be exercised." 11 In Kondis Mason J referred to what he had earlier said in Commonwealth v Introvigne (1982) 150 CLR 258, and that case has been much referred to in the course of argument before us. Mr Ford QC for the authority would have ......
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Woodland v Swimming Teachers Association
...decisions of the High Court of Australia, which consider in some detail the underlying rationale of non-delegable duties. 18 In Commonwealth v Introvigne (1982) 150 CLR 258, the Commonwealth of Australia, as the authority responsible for a school in the Australian Capital Territory, was hel......
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Imbree v McNeilly; McNeilly v Imbree
...[310] per Callinan J. 48Kondis v State Transport Authority (1984) 154 CLR 672; [1984] 154 CLR. See also The Commonwealth v Introvigne (1982) 150 CLR 258; [1982] 150 CLR. 49 See, now, as to non-delegable duties: Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd (1994) 179 CLR 520; [1994] 179 CLR......
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Schools - Non-Delegable Duty of Care
...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......
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Reasonable Care For Children
...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......
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Student assaulted by fellow student - liability of School Authority
...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......
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THE PROMISE OF UNIVERSALITY
...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......
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Case Note
...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......
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Sexual abuse of pupils by teachers in South African schools: The vicarious liability of education authorities
...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 ......
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Accountability of public authorities through contextualized determinations of vicarious liability and non-delegable duties.
...U. L. Rev. 612 at 616. (85) Lepore, supra note 27 at para. 136, Gummow and Hayne JJ. See also Commonwealth of Australia v. Introvigne, [1982] H.C.A. 40 at pp. 269-70, Mason J.; Wilsons, supra note 37; Jaman Estate v. Hussein [2005] M.J. No. 48 at para. 16 (86) John William Salmond, Salmond ......