Goldman v Hargrave

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation[1963] HCA 56,1963-1122 HCA A
Date1963
CourtHigh Court
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42 cases
  • Wayne Ann Holdings Ltd v Sandra Morgan
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 2 December 2011
    ... ... The standard of care is that which is reasonably expected of an occupier in his particular circumstances - see Goldman v Hargrave [1967] 1 AC 645 ... 16 In this case contributory negligence was raised as a defence. When such a defense ... ...
  • Donohoe v Browne
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 20 March 1986
    ...ACT 1961 S37(2) CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 1961 S38(3) CONSTITUTION ART 34.3 DUCHESS OF KINGSTONS CASE 20 HOW ST TR 355 HARGRAVE V GOLDMAN 110 CLR 40 JACKSON V GOLDMAN 81 CLR 446 MURPHY V HENNESSEY 1984 IR 378 1985 ILRM 100 ORD V ORD 1923 2 KB 432 RAMSEY V PIGRAM 118 CLR 271 ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 19......
  • Gore v Stannard (trading as Wyvern Tyres)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 4 October 2012
    ...because the occupier did not bring the fire onto his land. This was also the view of the High Court of Australia in Goldman v Hargrove (1963) 110 CLR 40 (affirmed [1967] 1 AC 645) in which Windeyer J said that the principle in Rylands v Fletcher did not apply to the fire that started on Mr......
  • Stovin and Another v Norfolk County Council
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 24 July 1996
    ...the hazard is not one the occupier brought about. He must take reasonable steps to this end, for the benefit of his neighbours: see Goldman v. Hargrave [1967] 1 A.C. 645. If an occupier's tree is struck by lightning and catches fire, he must take reasonable steps to prevent the fire spread......
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    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume II - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...Compare Butcher Robinson & Staples Ltd v London Regional Transport (1999) 79 p&Cr 523 [TCC, hhJ Bowsher QC]. 164 Hargrave v Goldman (1963) 110 CLr 40 at 60, per Windeyer J (and subsequently [1967] 1 aC 465); Holbeck Hall Hotel Ltd v Scarborough BC [2000] QB 836 at 855, per Stuart-Smith LJ; ......

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