Hawkins v Clayton
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | 1988-0408 HCA A,[1988] HCA 15 |
| Date | 1988 |
| Court | High Court |
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...an employer in the position of the respondent so to order its affairs as to avoid causing injury or death to its employees. 91 InHawkins v Clayton105, Gaudron J observed that, in attempting to ascertain the existence of a duty of care to avoid causing economic loss, ‘somewhat different’ fac......
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2 firm's commentaries
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Application of limitation period by analogy to a claim in equity: case of Agricultural Land Management Ltd v Jackson [No. 2] [2014] WASC 102
...(No 5) (2007) 98 SASR 136 at 332 - 335 and see also, in respect of response to reliance on the Limitation Act, Hawkins v Clayton (1988) 164 CLR 539 at 590 - 591." Rein J's decision was approved (albeit by way of obiter) in the appeal decision of Simpson v Donnybrook Properties Pty Ltd [2010......
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Proportionate liability: Vella decision overturned by Australian High Court
...or damage suffered, you must start by identifying the interest infringed by the negligent act (as per Gaudron J in Hawkins v Clayton (1988) 164 CLR 539 at 601). Such a determination is necessary in order to properly understand the harm suffered, and what acts or omissions may have caused th......
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Defects
...QC. 220 See, eg, Hunt v Optima (Cambridge) Ltd [2014] eWCA Civ 714 at [93]–[105], per Christopher Clarke LJ. 221 Hawkins v Clayton (1988) 164 CLR 539; Scarcella v Lettice (2001) 51 NSWLR 302; Commonwealth v Corn-well [2007] HCA 16 at [6]; Building Insurers Guarantee Corporation v he Owners ......
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Case Note: ESTABLISHING A DUTY OF CARE: SINGAPORE’S SINGLE, TWO-STAGE TEST
...See Bryan v Maloney(1995) 182 CLR 609; Esanda Finance Corporation Limited v Peat Marwick Hungerford(1997) 71 ALJR 448; Hawkins v Clayton(1988) 164 CLR 539; San Sebastian Pty Ltd v The Minister(1986) 162 CLR 340; Sparnon v Apand Pty Ltd Federal Court of Australia, South Australian District R......