Hobbs v Petersham Transport Company Pty Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1971-0630 HCA B,[1971] HCA 26
Year1971
Date1971
CourtHigh Court
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12 cases
  • T Kishen & Co (a firm) v Birkart South East Asia Pte Ltd (Dyna Movers Pte Ltd, Third Party)
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 28 September 1996
    ...Corp Ltd v Ross [1983] 2 VR 319; Shipbuilders Ltd v Benson [1992] 3 NZLR 549). See also Hobbs v Petersham Transport Co Pty Ltd (1971) 124 CLR 220 at p 238 where Windeyer J said: A carrier to whom goods are delivered for carriage is a bailee. But a person who undertakes that he will carry go......
  • Westrac Equipment Pty Ltd v Owners of the ship Assets Venture
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • Invalid date
  • Chandrasekaran v Commonwealth of Australia
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 10 May 2021
    ...assumed responsibility to keep it safe or to redeliver or deal with it in a stipulated way (cf Hobbs v Petersham Transport Co Pty Ltd (1971) 124 CLR 220 at 238 ) borders on the [146] Third, it is entirely unclear how it is alleged that the Commonwealth was negligent or breached the duty of ......
  • Reaper v Vrsecky (Trustee), in the matter of Reaper
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 29 April 2019
    ...persons of the goods of another. That taking of possession does not require the bailor’s consent: Hobbs v Petersham Transport Co Pty Ltd [1971] HCA 26; 124 CLR 220 at 238; The Pioneer Container [1994] 2 AC 324 at 341-342; WD & HO Wills (Australia) Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wal......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Mandatory sentencing for people smuggling: issues of law and policy.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 36 No. 2, August 2012
    • 1 August 2012
    ...(277) Western Australia v Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd [No 2] (1969) 120 CLR 74, 83 (Kitto J); Hobbs v Petersham Transport Co Pty Ltd (1971) 124 CLR 220, 240 (Windeyer J). Cf the position after the passage of the Privy Council (Appeals from the High Court) Act 1975 (Cth): Viro v The Queen (1978) ......

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