Lamb v Cotogno

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1987-1013 HCA B,[1987] HCA 47
Year1987
Date1987
CourtHigh Court

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    ...nor conscious wrongdoing”. 44 Ibbett arose out of trespass to land and assault; Delly was a case of unlawful arrest. 45 Lamb v Cotogno (1987) 164 CLR 1. 46 A point made by Spigelman J in the New South Wales Court of Appeal in Ibbett at [41]. 47 At [21]. 48 At [43]. 49 At [36]. 50 At [37]. 5......
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    • Supreme Court
    • 24 March 2010
    ...nuisance 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 Ibbett arose out of trespass to land and assault; Delly was a case of unlawful arrest. Lamb v Cotogno (1987) 164 CLR 1. A point made by Spigelman J in the New South Wales Court of Appeal in Ibbett at At [21]. At [43]. At [36]. At [37]. At [67] (citations omi......
  • Schellenberg v Tunnel Holdings Pty Ltd
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    ...1 at 9, 18; Fleming, The Law of Torts, 9th ed (1998) at 560. 119Cotogno v Lamb (No 3) (1986) 5 NSWLR 559 at 570–572; Lamb v Cotogno (1987) 164 CLR 1 at 11–12; cf Crimmins v Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee (1999) 74 ALJR 1 at 30–31 per Gummow J; 167 ALR 1 at 40; Gummow, Change and Con......
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    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 31-1, March 2003
    • 1 March 2003
    ...Board of New South Wales v Osmond (1986) 159 CLR 656, 669 (GibbsCJ) (Wilson, Brennan, Deane and Dawson JJ agreeing); Lamb v Cotogno (1987) 164 CLR 1, 11(Mason CJ, Brennan, Deane, Dawson and Gaudron JJ); R v L (1992) 174 CLR 379, 389-390(Mason CJ, Deane and Toohey JJ); Perre v Apand Pty Ltd ......
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    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 43 No. 1, August 2019
    • 1 August 2019
    ...McHugh, Gummow and Hayne JJ) ('Gray'), quoting Whitfeld v De Lauret & Co Ltd (1920) 29 CLR 71, 77 (Knox CJ). (163) Lamb v Cotogno (1987) 164 CLR 1, 8-9 (Mason CJ, Brennan, Deane, Dawson and Gaudron JJ); Gray (n 162) 196 CLR 1, 9-10 [19]-[23] (Gleeson CJ, McHugh, Gummow and Hayne JJ); Tr......
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    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 43 No. 2, December 2019
    • 1 December 2019
    ...Pty Ltd (2003) 56 NSWLR 298 ('Harris (Appeal)'). However, this issue has yet to be decided by the High Court. (27) See Lamb v Cotogno (1987) 164 CLR 1, 9 (Mason CJ, Brennan, Deane, Dawson and Gaudron (28) See, eg, Zorom Enterprises Pty Ltd v Zabow (2007) 71 NSWLR 354, 366-7 [44]-[46] (Baste......