Commonwealth v Mewett; Commonwealth v Rock; Commonwealth v Brandon

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1997-0731 HCA A
Date1997
CourtHigh Court
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74 cases
2 firm's commentaries
  • Contracting Out Of Statutory Limitation Periods
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • October 14, 2021
    ...limitations acts (such provisions may exist in Australian home building legislation for example). Footnotes 1 The Commonwealth v Mewett (1997) 191 CLR 471, 534-535; Workcover Queensland v Amaca Pty Ltd (2010) 241 CLR 420, 2 Westfield Management Ltd v AMP Capital Property Nominees Ltd (2012)......
  • Contracting Out Of Statutory Limitation Periods
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • October 14, 2021
    ...limitations acts (such provisions may exist in Australian home building legislation for example). Footnotes 1 The Commonwealth v Mewett (1997) 191 CLR 471, 534-535; Workcover Queensland v Amaca Pty Ltd (2010) 241 CLR 420, 2 Westfield Management Ltd v AMP Capital Property Nominees Ltd (2012)......
21 books & journal articles
  • Native title and the 'acquisition of property' under the Australian constitution.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 28 No. 1, April - April 2004
    • April 1, 2004
    ...Dalziel (1944) 68 CLR 261, 290 (Starke J); Peverill (1994) 179 CLR 226, 235 (Mason CJ, Deane and Gaudron JJ); Commonwealth v Mewett (1997) 191 CLR 471, 535 (Gummow and Kirby (99) Ward (2002) 191 ALR 1, 16 (Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, Gummow and Hayne JJ). See also Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 223......
  • Government liability in negligence.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 32 No. 1, April 2008
    • April 1, 2008
    ...the Crown has the consequence of exposing the Crown to the substantive liability principles of the common law: Commonwealth v Mewett (1997) 191 CLR 471,502 (Dawson J), 513 (Toohey J), 532 (McHugh J), 550-1 (Gummow and Kirby (7) Francis Trindade, Peter Cane and Mark Lunney, The Law of Torts ......
  • The Centralisation of Judicial Power within the Australian Federal System
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 42-2, June 2014
    • June 1, 2014
    ...in this way was of great significance. A reversal of the order of ss 79 and 80, as favoured by Brennan CJ in Commonwealth v Mewett (1997) 191 CLR 471, 492–3, would have resulted in 378 Federal Law Review Volume 42 _____________________________________________________________________________......
  • Conflicts and Choice of Law within the Australian Constitutional Context
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 31-2, June 2003
    • June 1, 2003
    ...Flour Mills (1991) 171 CLR 538, 567–9; Renault (2002) 76 ALJR 551, 565[74]; Dow Jones Ltd v Gutnick (2002) 77 ALJR 255, 263[43].131 (1997) 191 CLR 471, 527–8. Note similarly Re E & B Chemicals and Wool Treatment Pty Ltd[1939] SASR 441, 443–5.132 (2000) 203 CLR 503, 556–7 [139]; see also Bre......
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