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Hill (Trading as R F Hill and Associates) v Van Erp

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JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Judgment Date1997
Neutral Citation1997-0318 HCA C,[1997] HCA 9
Year1997
Date1997
CourtHigh Court
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Informal wills: do solicitors owe a duty to intended beneficiaries?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 7 Enero 2015
    ...to probate. Duty of care on carrying out testamentary intentions After referring to appellate authorities including Hill v Van Erp [1997] HCA 9, White v Jones [1995] UKHL 5, Summerville v Walsh [1998] NSWCA 222 and Maestrale v Aspite [2012] NSWSC 1420, Adamson J said at [88] that those ".........
  • Solicitors of the insured do not owe a duty of care to the insurer of their client
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 6 Julio 2022
    ...His Honour cited the High Court majority in Badenach v Calvert (2016) 257 CLR 440: "In Hill v Van Erp, Brennan CJ explained [(1997) 188 CLR 159 at 167] that a solicitor's duty is generally considered to be owed solely to the client because the duty is to exercise professional knowledge and ......
6 books & journal articles
  • THE PROMISE OF UNIVERSALITY
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2013, December 2013
    • 1 Diciembre 2013
    ...161(1995) 182 CLR 609. 162[1999] 2 SLR(R) 134. 163Woolcock Street Investments Pty Ltd v CDG Pty Ltd(2004) 216 CLR 515 at 533. 164(1997) 188 CLR 159. 165(1997) 188 CLR 241. 166MCST Plan No 2757 v Lee Mow Woo[2011] SGHC 112. 167[2011] 3 SLR 540. 168Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB v Asia Paci......
  • Should advocates' immunity continue?
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 28 No. 1, April - April 2004
    • 1 Abril 2004
    ...CLR 180. Evidence of the impending doctrinal fragmentation in the Court was apparent in preceding decisions: see, eg, Hill v Van Erp (1997) 188 CLR 159; Pyrenees Shire Council v Day (1998) 192 CLR 330. See also the more recent decision of Cattanach v Melchior (2003) 199 ALR (271) [1932] AC ......
  • Restitution, Rectification, and Mitigation: Negligent Solicitors and Wills, Again
    • United Kingdom
    • The Modern Law Review No. 65-3, May 2002
    • 1 Mayo 2002
    ...LJ.92 See O’Dell, above n 23, 198 n 10.93 See eg White vJones [1995] 2 AC 207, 278 per Lord Mustill (dissenting); Hill vvan Erp (1996–1997)188 CLR 159, 213 per McHugh J (dissenting); Carr-Glynn vFrearsons [1999] Ch 326, 339 per ThorpeLJ; Walker vMedlicott [1999] 1 All ER 685, 697 per Sir Ch......
  • Edwards v Blomeley; Harriton v Stephens; Waller v James: wrongful life actions in Australia.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 26 No. 3, December 2002
    • 1 Diciembre 2002
    ...McKay [1982] QB 1166, 1179. (21) [1982] QB 1166, 1180. (22) Harriton [2002] NSWSC 461 (Unreported, Studdert J, 12 June 2002) [21]. (23) (1997) 188 CLR 159. (24) Harriton [2002] NSWSC 461 (Unreported, Studdert J, 12 June 2002) [45]-[46]. (25) Ibid [47]. (26) Ibid. (27) See, eg, the illustrat......
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