Harriton v Stephens
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judge | Gummow J,Gleeson CJ,Kirby J,Hayne J,Callinan J,Heydon J |
| Judgment Date | 09 May 2006 |
| Neutral Citation | 2006-0509 HCA A,[2006] HCA 15 |
| Court | High Court |
| Docket Number | S229/2005 |
| Date | 09 May 2006 |
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43 cases
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Waller v James
...should be upheld. Each of the appeals should be dismissed with costs. 1 Waller (by his tutor Waller) v James (2004) 59 NSWLR 694 . 2 [2006] HCA 15 3 Regarding the shortcomings in the label ‘wrongful life’ see Harriton [2006] HCA 15 at [8]–[13]. 4 Harriton [2006] HCA 15 at [71]–[72]. 5 ......
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H v Fetal Assessment Centre
...Regulatory Authority and Others 2007 (4) SA 395 (CC) (2007 (4) BCLR 339; [2006] ZACC 23): referred to. Australia H Harriton v Stephens (2006) 226 CLR 52 ((2006) 226 ALR 391; (2006) 80 ALJR 791; [2006] HCA 15): considered. Czech Republic Case 1 (Olomouc High Court, case No 192/2008): referre......
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Hunt & Hunt Lawyers v Mitchell Morgan Nominees Pty Ltd
...See also Quinerts (2009) 25 VR 666 at 682 [58], 684 [64]. 143Chappel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232 at 238 [7]; [1998] HCA 55. 144Harriton v Stephens (2006) 226 CLR 52 at 104 [168]; [2006] HCA 15. See also The Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 64 at 116; [1991] HCA 145Kenny......
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Sweeney v Boylan Nominees Pty Ltd
...460 at 476. 151 Cf R v Reynhoudt (1962) 107 CLR 381 at 388; Zickar v MGH Plastic Industries Pty Ltd (1996) 187 CLR 310 at 329, 351. 152Harriton v Stephens [2006] HCA 15 at 153 Atiyah, ‘Common Law and Statute Law’, (1985) 48 Modern Law Review 1 at 26–27. 154 (1973) 4 SASR 299. 155 (1973) 4 S......
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2 firm's commentaries
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A statutory right to wrongful life compensation? Toombes v Mitchell (UK)
...therefore seek to have the matter considered by the England and Wales Court of Appeal. Footnotes 1 Harriton v Stephens (2006) 226 CLR 52; 226 ALR 391; [2006] HCA 15; 2 www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/28. 3 www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/report-on-injuries-to-unbornchildren/. 4 Toombes v Mitche......
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Obstetrics and Women's Health
...or to be a 'comparable healthy person' would be impossible and implicitly denigrates the value of human existence: Harriton v Stephens [2006] HCA 15. However, an action can be brought for 'wrongful birth' when a child is born (healthy or not) due to the consequence of the negligence of a do......
13 books & journal articles
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THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INTERESTS
...violation of the sanctity of life.” In a similar vein, see the judgment of Hayne J in the High Court of Australia in Harriton v Stephens(2006) 226 ALR 391. Hayne J opined (at [171]) that the only way to conclude that a disabled or abnormal claimant had suffered damage would be through a com......
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THE PROMISE OF UNIVERSALITY
...envisioned by the Act, to the detriment of their clients, without the latter having some form of recourse). 194 (2001) 207 CLR 562. 195 (2006) 226 CLR 52. 196 (2003) 212 CLR 511. 197 (2007) 230 CLR 22. 198 (2004) 217 CLR 469. 199255 NY 170 (1931) 200Ultramares Corp v Touche, Niven & Co255 N......
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The legal and commercial frameworks
...Sumito [2013] SGCA 44 at [126]; Turf Club Auto Emporium Pte Ltd v Yee Boong Hua [2018] SGCA 44 at [180]–[182]. 88 Harriton v Stephens (2006) 226 CLR 52 at [163], per Hayne J. 89 Craig v South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163 at 175–176. 90 he subject of appeals is discussed in more detail in Ch......
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Table of cases
...[1976] 2 S.C.R. 200, 62 D.L.R. (3d) 68, [1975] 6 W.W.R. 673, 25 C.C.C. (2d) 186 ...................... 285–86, 288 Harriton v. Stephens, [2006] H.C.A. 15 ............................................................. 151 Haskett v. Equifax Canada Ltd. [2003] O.J. No. 771, 169 O.A.C. 201 (C.A......
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