Hughes Aircraft Systems International v Airservices Australia

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1997-0630 FCA B
Date1997
CourtFederal Court
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3 firm's commentaries
  • Well-drafted RFT saves government from liability to tenderers
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 8 December 2010
    ...to vary the tender process at the principal's sole discretion. ENDNOTE Hughes Aircraft Systems International v Airservice Australia (1997) 76 FCR 151; Pratt Contractors Ltd v Palmerston North City Council [1995] 1 NZLR 469; Blackpool and Fylde Aero Club Ltd v Blackpool Borough Council (1990......
  • Standared of Government Conduct depends on nature of Contract
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 7 February 2010
    ...to a different standard of conduct to the private sector. In the case of Hughes Aircraft Systems International v Airservices Australia (1997) 146 ALR 1, the Court found that, whilst the government was not in a fiduciary relationship with a tenderer, an implied term of fair dealing existed u......
  • Health Sector Procurement - What are the Risks?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 7 April 2010
    ...process contract was confirmed as part of Australian law in the case of Hughes Aircraft Systems International v Airservices Australia (1997) 76 FCR 151. In this case, Hughes Aircraft submitted a tender for the Australian Advanced Air Traffic System Acquisition contract. Hughes Aircraft was ......
14 books & journal articles
  • Not So Neat: Non-Statutory Corporations and the Reach of the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 32-1, March 2004
    • 1 March 2004
    ...66 Ibid. 67 Canadian Airlines (1999) 202 CLR 133, 262 [376] citing Hughes Aircraft Systems International v Airservices Australia (1997) 76 FCR 151, 179–80 (Finn J). See also Finn, 'A Sovereign People, A Public Trust' in Finn (ed), Essays on Law and Government (1995) 1, 12–13. 68 Commonwealt......
  • Not So Neat: Non-Statutory Corporations and the Reach of the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 32-1, March 2004
    • 1 March 2004
    ...66 Ibid. 67 Canadian Airlines (1999) 202 CLR 133, 262 [376] citing Hughes Aircraft Systems International v Airservices Australia (1997) 76 FCR 151, 179–80 (Finn J). See also Finn, 'A Sovereign People, A Public Trust' in Finn (ed), Essays on Law and Government (1995) 1, 12–13. 68 Commonwealt......
  • Public Trusts, Public Fiduciaries
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 38-3, September 2010
    • 1 September 2010
    ...Steamship Co Ltd v Moorehead (1912) 15 CLR 333, 342. 118 But see Hughes Aircraft Systems International v Airservices Australia (1997) 76 FCR 151, 196–7. 119 (2008) 235 CLR 232. 2010 Public Trusts, Public Fiduciaries 351 _______________________________________________________________________......
  • Executive Power — New Wine in Old Bottles? Foreword
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 31-3, September 2003
    • 1 September 2003
    ...of government property); New South Wales v Bardolph (1934) 52 CLR 455; Hughes Aircraft Systems International v Air Services Australia (1997) 146 ALR 1; JS McMillan Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (1997) 147 ALR 419 (the latter three concerning government contracting and tendering); Davis v Commonwea......
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