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Hunter and New England Local Health v McKenna

Judgment Cited authorities 12 Cited in 24 Precedent Map Related
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JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
JudgeFrench CJ,Hayne,Bell,Gageler,Keane JJ.
Judgment Date12 November 2014
Neutral Citation[2014] HCA 44
Docket NumberMatter No S142/2014
CourtHigh Court
Date12 November 2014
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11 cases
  • Knowles v Commonwealth of Australia
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 27 June 2022
    ...CLR 540 Harding v Sutton (No 2) [2021] VSC 789 Hill v Zuda Pty Ltd [2022] HCA 21 Hunter and New England Local Health District v McKenna [2014] HCA 44; 253 CLR 270 Jemena Asset Management (3) Pty Ltd v Coinvest Ltd [2011] HCA 33; 244 CLR 508 Kassam v Hazzard [2021] NSWSC 1320; 393 ALR 664 Ka......
  • Jensen v Cultural Infusion (Int) Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 19 March 2020
    ...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......
  • Corkhill v Commonwealth of Australia (No 3)
    • Australia
    • Supreme Court of ACT
    • 6 April 2018
    ...[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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5 firm's commentaries
  • Damages on 'no-transaction' basis
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 25 December 2014
    ...207 CLR 562 at 579-580 14Hunter and New England Local Health District v McKenna; Hunter and New England Local Health District v Simon [2014] HCA 44 at [29]-[32] 15See Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 at 581-582 per Mason CJ and Dawson, Toohey and Gaudron JJ. 16In A......
  • Personal Injury Law: Conflict between statutory and common law duties of care
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 14 July 2015
    ...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......
  • You drive … Me crazy - duty of care of hospital after discharge of mentally-ill patient
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 25 December 2014
    ...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......
  • Conflicting duties for health professionals and hospitals - statutory duties can override duty of care to third parties
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 13 April 2015
    ...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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