Fontin v Katapodis

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1962-1210 HCA A,[1962] HCA 63
Year1962
Date1962
CourtHigh Court
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23 cases
  • Pritchard v Co-operative Group
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 25 March 2011
    ...could amount to "provocation" so as reduce damages or extinguish the claim. Relying on a decision of the High Court of Australia, Fontin v Katapodis, 37 Lord Denning held that provocation by a claimant could properly be used to take away any element of aggravated or exemplary damages but it......
  • Lucio Robert Paciocco and Another v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 27 July 2016
    ...1434 [148], 1466 [254], 1473 [291]; [2016] 2 All ER 519 at 537–538, 577–578, 608, 614–615. 282Fontin v Katapodis (1962) 108 CLR 177; [1962] HCA 63; Uren v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd (1966) 117 CLR 118; [1962] HCA 40; XL Petroleum (NSW) Pty Ltd v Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Ltd (1985) 155 CL......
  • Hall v A & A Sheiban Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • Invalid date
  • Uren v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • Invalid date
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3 books & journal articles
  • AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF EXEMPLARY DAMAGES IN AUSTRALIA.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 43 No. 2, December 2019
    • 1 December 2019
    ...3) 14 [40]-[43] (Gleeson CJ, McHugh, Gummow and Hayne JJ), 31-4 [92]-[98] (Kirby J), 50-1 [143] (Callinan J). (31) Fontin v Katapodis (1962) 108 CLR 177, 186-7 (Owen (32) XL Petroleum (n 4) 472 (Brennan J); Pollack v Volpato [1973] 1 NSWLR 653, 657-8 (Hutley JA) ('Pollack'). (33) XL Petrole......
  • Trespass to a burglar's person: tort defences
    • Barbados
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 7-2, December 1997
    • 1 December 1997
    ...DLR (2d) 211,at2l7. 13 [1971] 1 All E.R. 1077, at 1978, See also R. v. Scarlett [1993] 4 All E.R. 629, C.C.; Hogan [1994] NLJ 416. 14 (1962) 108 CLR 177, at 186.. of escape for the defendant is a very material matter in deciding whether he acted reasonably in defending himself In the Revill......
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