Hunter and New England Local Health v McKenna
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Court | High Court |
| Judge | French CJ,Hayne,Bell,Gageler,Keane JJ. |
| Judgment Date | 12 November 2014 |
| Neutral Citation | [2014] HCA 44 |
| Docket Number | Matter No S142/2014 |
| Date | 12 November 2014 |
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8 cases
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Jensen v Cultural Infusion (Int) Pty Ltd
...respect to the interpretation of s 5O [of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW)] in [Hunter and New England Local Health District v McKenna [2014] HCA 44; 253 CLR 270], having determined the appeal on a different 37 There is some irony in the fact that the primary support for this conclusion i......
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Corkhill v Commonwealth of Australia (No 3)
...[2013] ACTSC 128 Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd [1964] AC 465 Hunter of New England Local Health District v McKenna [2014] HCA 44 ; 253 CLR 270 Innes v AAL Aviation Ltd [2017] FCAFC 202 Innes v Commonwealth [2017] ACTSC 44 Innes v Commonwealth [2017] ACTCA 33 In the matter of......
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Gary Nigel Roberts(Appellant) v Westpac Banking Corporation
...46 SR (NSW) 1 Graham Barclay Oysters Pty Ltd v Ryan [2002] HCA 54 ; 211 CLR 540 Hunter and New England Local Health District v McKenna [2014] HCA 44 ; 253 CLR 270 Karatjas v Deakin University [2012] VSCA 53 ; 35 VR 355 Kuhl v Zurich Financial Services Australia Ltd [2011] HCA 11 ; 243 CLR 3......
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4 firm's commentaries
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Personal Injury Law: Conflict between statutory and common law duties of care
...and New England Local Health District v McKenna; Hunter and New England Local Health District v Simon [2014] HCA 44 Background Phillip Pettigrove suffered from chronic paranoid schizophrenia. He was receiving treatment for this condition in Echuca, Victoria. While in New South Wales with hi......
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You drive
Me crazy - duty of care of hospital after discharge of mentally-ill patient
...and New England Local Health District v McKenna [2014] HCA 44 Introduction The High Court considered whether a hospital and its employed health professionals owe a common law duty of care to third parties to prevent them from sustaining personal injury caused by a mentally ill person follow......
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Conflicting duties for health professionals and hospitals - statutory duties can override duty of care to third parties
...determined together, Hunter and New England Local Health District v McKenna; Hunter and New England Health District v Simon & Anor [2014] HCA 44, concerned a nervous shock claim brought by the family of a man who was tragically killed by his mentally ill friend after the friend was disc......
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No duty of care owed by a health authority to family of murder victim
...of a person murdered by a mentally ill patient after his release from hospital. The High Court in New England Health Authority v McKenna [2014] HCA 44 has overturned the decision of the New South Wales Court of Appeal, ruling that the Hunter and New England Local Health District (Health Aut......