Imbree v McNeilly; McNeilly v Imbree

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
JudgeGleeson CJ.,Gummow,Hayne,Kiefel JJ.,Kirby J.,Heydon J.,Crennan J.
Judgment Date28 August 2008
Neutral Citation[2008] HCA 40,2008-0828 HCA A
CourtHigh Court
Docket NumberS43/2008 & S392/2007
Date28 August 2008
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27 cases
  • Miller v Miller
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 7 April 2011
    ...between parties is not sufficiently described as that of driver and passenger. 63 This Court's overruling of Cook v Cook in Imbree v McNeilly focused upon the treatment in Cook v Cook of questions of standard of care rather than duty of care. As the plurality pointed out 115 in Imbree, in s......
  • Everard John Miller(Appellant) v The Queen
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 24 August 2016
    ...omitted). 141 See Likiardopoulos v The Queen (2012) 247 CLR 265 at 268. 142 Cf Imbree v McNeilly (2008) 236 CLR 510 at 526 [45]; [2008] HCA 40. 143R v Crabbe (1985) 156 CLR 464 at 469; [1985] HCA 144Pemble v The Queen (1971) 124 CLR 107 at 119; [1971] HCA 20. 145 (1976) 136 CLR 62 at 76; [1......
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4 firm's commentaries
  • Court of Appeal considers negligence of children drivers - Zanner v Zanner [2010] NSWCA 343
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 10 January 2011
    ...in calculating their reserves, given the apparent infrequency of such a finding by Courts. 1 Allsop P; Tobias JA and Young JA 2 [2008] HCA 40 3 Mobbs v Kain [2009] NSWCA 301 Ranked No 1 - Australia's fastest growing law firm' (Legal Partnership Survey, The Australian July 2010) The content ......
  • By Majority (6-1), The Court Has Overruled The Principle In Cook-v- Cook (1986) 162 CLR 376
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 3 September 2008
    ...published on 29 August 2008. Imbree -v- McNeilly [2008] HCA 40 August 2008) Today the High Court delivered its decision in the matter of Imbree -v- McNeilly [2008] HCA 40 (28 August 2008). It is an important decision. Cook -v- Cook stood for the proposition that there may be circumstances i......
  • Curwoods Case Notes - High Court Overturns Cook v Cook
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 3 September 2008
    ...v McNeilly [2008] HCA 40 Gleeson CJ, Gummow, Kirby, Hayne, Heydon, Crennan Keifel JJ In Brief An inexperienced driver owes the same standard of care as any other person driving a motor vehicle - to take reasonable care to avoid injury to others. The obligation to drive to the standard of a ......
  • Court relaxes the extent of a supervising driver's duty of care to a learner driver
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 31 August 2011
    ...As always, the requirements to give directions will depend on the facts of the case. 1 Campbell JA, Sackville AJA and Tobias AJA 2 [2008] HCA 40 Ranked No 1 - Australia's fastest growing law firm' (Legal Partnership Survey, The Australian July The content of this article is intended to prov......
6 books & journal articles
  • The Development of the High Court's Willingness to Overrule Common Law Precedent
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 45-2, June 2017
    • 1 June 2017
    ...last mentioned paper, the authors critique three relatively recent common law overruling decisions of the High Court (Imbree v McNeilly (2008) 236 CLR 510, Brodie v Singleton Shire Council (2001) 206 CLR 512 and Esso Australia Resources v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1999) 201 CLR 49),......
  • Tort, Insurance and Ideology: Further Thoughts
    • United Kingdom
    • The Modern Law Review No. 75-3, May 2012
    • 1 May 2012
    ...have been aware of his incapacity and recognising that going further95 Road Traffic Act 1988, s 149.96 ibid, s 151.97 [1971] 2 QB 691.98 [2008] HCA 40.99 Overruling Cook vCook [1986] HCA 73.100 He chaired the Australian Law Reform Committee,and its Report 20 (1982) was implementedmore or les......
  • Tort Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2011, December 2011
    • 1 December 2011
    ...debate on variable standards found in the inexperienced driver cases such as Nettleship v WestonELR[1971] 2 QB 691, Imbree v McNeillyUNK(2008) 236 CLR 510 and Cook v CookUNK(1986) 162 CLR 376. While English and Australian courts have experimented with, and resisted this approach, Singapore ......
  • Extended Joint Criminal Enterprise in Australia
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 81-4, August 2017
    • 1 August 2017
    ...towards a judiciary who have proceeded on erroneous common lawprinciples for such a significant amount of time.As per Imbree vMcNeilly [2008] HCA 40, if the common law of Australia was to be reverted to a timeprior to McAuliffe vR[1995] HCA 37, the jus tification would be that the return is......
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