Lewis v Australian Capital Territory

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
JudgeEdelman J.,Keane J.,Kiefel CJ,Gageler J.,Gordon J.
Judgment Date05 August 2020
Neutral Citation[2020] HCA 26
Docket NumberC14/2019
Date05 August 2020
Year2020
CourtHigh Court
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  • G.E. v Commissioner of an Garda Síochána
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 2 December 2022
    ...a plaintiff is only entitled to nominal damages in the circumstances of Lumba was accepted by the High Court of Australia in Lewis v. Australian Capital Territory [2020] HCA 26, that Court rejected the approach to the ‘but for’ test which was adopted by the Court of Appeal of England and W......
  • Campbell v Northern Territory of Australia (No 3)
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 9 September 2021
    ...damages awarded for his false imprisonment in the BMU must take account of that circumstance – see Lewis v Australian Capital Territory [2020] HCA 26; (2020) 381 ALR 375 to which the parties drew my attention while judgment was reserved. The applicant is not entitled to damages on the basis......
  • Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v NSW Ports Operations Hold Co Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 29 June 2021
    ...HCA 8; (1959) 101 CLR 298 JS McMillan Pty Ltd v Commonwealth [1997] FCA 619; (1997) 77 FCR 337 Lewis v Australian Capital Territory [2020] HCA 26; (2020) 381 ALR 375 McGraw-Hinds (Aust) Pty Ltd v Smith [1979] HCA 19; (1979) 144 CLR 633 Monroe Topple & Associates Pty Ltd v Institute of Chart......
  • BHL19 v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2)
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 31 March 2022
    ...M61/2010E v Commonwealth of Australia (2010) 243 CLR 319; [2010] HCA 41 Lewis v Australian Capital Territory (2020) 381 ALR 375; [2020] HCA 26 M38/2002 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2003) 131 FCR 146; [2003] FCAFC 131 M38/2002 v Minister for Immigratio......
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