Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1949-0222 HCA A,[1949] HCA 1
Date1949
CourtHigh Court
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Summary judgment application in Queensland
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 1 September 2022
    ...the issues raised in those proceedings in a summary way except in the clearest of cases. In Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 Dixon J stated at A case must be very clear indeed to justify the summary intervention of the court to prevent a plaintiff submitting his case ......
4 books & journal articles
  • Pleading and proving foreign law in Australia.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 31 No. 2, August 2007
    • 1 August 2007
    ...(45) See, eg, General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125; Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62. (46) DrillTec [2002] NSWSC 1173 (Unreported, Macready AJ, 10 December 2002) [23]. The same is true of applications for summary judgment: ......
  • Litigation
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume III - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...Burton v he President et al of the Shire of Bairnsdale (1908) 7 CLR 76 at 92, per O’Connor J; Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 at 91, per Dixon J; General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 at 129, per Barwick CJ; Vannella Pty Ltd v TF......
  • Should advocates' immunity continue?
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 28 No. 1, April - April 2004
    • 1 April 2004
    ...and informed conduct of the party. (189) Arthur Hall [2002] 1 AC 615, 699. (190) See, eg, Dey v Victorian Railway Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62, 90-1 (Dixon J); Wentworth v Rogers [No 5] (1986) 6 NSWLR 534; David v Commonwealth (1986) 68 ALR (191) Arthur Hall [2002] 1 AC 615, 701. (192) Ib......
  • Guardianship of Child Asylum-Seekers
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 34-1, March 2006
    • 1 March 2006
    ...82 Myers v Nominal Defendant [1966] 1 NSWR 659, 668 (Isaacs J), quoting obiter dicta in Dey v Victorian Railway Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62, 83 (Latham CJ), 100 (Dixon J). 83 Haines v Leves (1987) 8 NSWLR 442, 449–51. 84 Order 43. 85 See, eg, Federal Court Rules 1979 (Cth) O 43 r 4(3). 8......

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