Industrial Equity Ltd v Blackburn

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
CourtHigh Court
Neutral Citation[1977] HCA 59
Year1977
Date1977

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    • High Court (Singapore)
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    ...group as a separate legal entity. 203 The same point was reiterated by the High Court of Australia in Industrial Equity Ltd v Blackburn (1977) 17 ALR 575 (“Industrial Equity”). That was a case where a company declared a special distribution. The company’s articles of association limited div......
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    ...64South Brisbane Gas and Light Co Ltd v Hughes (1917) 23 CLR 396 at 405 per Barton J; [1917] HCA 37; Industrial Equity Ltd v Blackburn (1977) 137 CLR 567 at 578 per Mason J; [1977] HCA 59; Bluebottle UK Ltd v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (2007) 232 CLR 598 at 609 [20]; [2007] HCA 65Fisch......
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  • Adieu to Attribution
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 85-3, May 2022
    • 1 May 2022
    ...n78above at [29] per Lord Sumption; C-97/08 P Akzo Nobel NV vCommission EU:C:2009:536 at[54]-[61]; Industrial Equity Ltd vBlackburn (1977) 137 CLR 567,577.95 Salomon (HL) n 12 above, 33.96 Now Justice Goddard of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand.97 Goddard, n 85 above, 62.98 [1916] 2 AC 30......
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    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume III - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...and as mentioned previously. 249 See Lewis v Doran [2005] NSWCA 243 at [109], per Giles JA. 250 Industrial Equity Ltd v Blackburn (1977) 137 CLR 567 at 577; Andar Transport Pty Ltd v Brambles Ltd (2004) 217 CLR 424 at [51]. 251 Insolvency Act 1986 (UK) section 214; Corporations Act 2001 (Ct......
  • Australian Securities and Investments Commission v. MacDonald (No. 11): corporate governance lessons from James Hardie.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 33 No. 3, December 2009
    • 1 December 2009
    ...v Salomon & Co Ltd [1897] AC 22. (27) See Walker v Wimborne (1976) 137 CLR 1, 6-7 (Mason J); Industrial Equity Ltd v Blackburn (1977) 137 CLR 567, 575-7 (Mason J). The question whether existing laws concerning the operation of limited liability or the corporate veil within corporate gro......