Kondis v State Transport Authority
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | 1984-1016 HCA A,[1984] HCA 61 |
| Date | 1984 |
| Year | 1984 |
| Court | High Court |
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139 cases
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Annie Rachel Woodland (a Protected Party Suing by Her Father and Litigation Friend, Ian Woodland) v Essex County Council
...10 The step has been taken in the High Court of Australia. A leading statement of the law is that of Mason J as he then was in Kondis v State Transport Authority (1984) 152 CLR 672 at paragraphs 32 – 33: "32… However, when we look to the classes of case in which the existence of a non-deleg......
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Scott v Davis
...the duty to take care ‘a more stringent duty, a duty to ensure that reasonable care is taken’. That is how Mason J put it in Kondis v State Transport Authority413. It has been suggested by the learned editor of Bowstead414 that ‘the best explanation’ of the line of cases which includes Boot......
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- Vincent Manickam David (Suing by Himself & as Administrator of The Estate of Catherine Jeya Sellamah, Deceased) and Others v Dr S Hari Rajah and Another
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6 firm's commentaries
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Schools - Non-Delegable Duty of Care
...The law provides that the following relationships give rise to a non-delegable duty of care (see Kondis v State Transport Authority (1984) 154 CLR 672; Commonwealth v Introvigne (1982) 150 CLR Employer to employee; Hospital to patient; School to student. For the Court to find a defendant li......
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Court of Appeal confirms current case law as to defects
...to provide a safe system of work for its employee. Footnotes 1 Basten JA, Macfarlan JA and Barrett JA 2 [2001] NSW Court of Appeal 261 3 [1984] HCA 61 Ranked No 1 - Australia's fastest growing law firm' (Legal Partnership Survey, The Australian July The content of this article is intended t......
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Court Of Appeal Determines That Employer Is Not Liable For Employee's Injury Where Employer Had No Control Over System Of Work
...and systems of work in order to minimise or resist common law claims founded in negligence. Footnotes Beazley JA, McColl JA, Basten JA [1984] HCA 61 [2003] NSWCA 47 The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought a......
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Reflex reactions and your duty: The Court of Appeal revisits occupier's duty and the contributory negligence of a worker in the heat of the moment.
...should have been taken beforehand to avoid the risk of injury. Shannon Say Curwoods Lawyers 1 Basten JA, Macfarlan JA, Sackville AJA 2 [1984] HCA 61 3 [1980] HCA 12 4 [1986] HCA 1 Ranked No 1 - Australia's fastest growing law firm' (Legal Partnership Survey, The Australian July 2010) The co......
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3 books & journal articles
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THE PROMISE OF UNIVERSALITY
...115. 85Rowley v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions[2007] EWCA Civ 598 at [57]. 86 For example, Kondis v State Transport Authority(1984) 154 CLR 672 at 687. 87[1964] AC 465. 88Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd[1964] AC 465. 89[1995] 2 AC 207. 90Williams v Natural Life Healt......
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Case Note
...537 at [7]. 20 The leading cases include: Commonwealth of Australia v Introvigne(1982) 150 CLR 258; Kondis v State Transport Authority(1984) 154 CLR 672; Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd(1994) 179 CLR 520 and State of New South Wales v Lepore(2003) 212 CLR 511. 21 This category......
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Tort Law
...from the various categories of exceptions. The Australian High Court in a series of decisions from Kondis v State Transport Authority(1984) 154 CLR 672 to Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd(1994) 179 CLR 520 had attempted to provide some guidance by suggesting that the common thr......