Mallet v Mallet

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1984-0410 HCA B,[1984] HCA 21
Date1984
CourtHigh Court
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  • Apple Inc. v Samsung Electronics Company Ltd
    • Australia
    • Full Federal Court (Australia)
    • Invalid date
  • JL v SL
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • 18 February 2015
    ...applicable if unspoken principles guiding the court's approach." 16 Deane J put it in a similar way in the High Court of Australia in Mallett v Mallett (1984) 156 CLR 605 at p 641: "It is plainly important that, conformably with the ideal of justice in the individual case, there be general ......
  • N v F
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • Invalid date
    ...[2011] 3 WLR 582, [2011] 1 FLR 1723. LKW v DD (FACV 16/2008), HK CFA. M v M (Prenuptial Agreement) [2002] 1 FLR 654. Mallett v Mallett (1984) 156 CLR 605, Aus HC. Martin v Martin [1977] 3 All ER 762, [1978] Fam 12, [1977] 3 WLR 101, CA. McCartney v Mills-McCartney[2008] EWHC 401 (Fam), [200......
  • White v White
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 26 October 2000
    ...will not be satisfactory unless exercised with a reasonable degree of consistency. On this aspect attention was focussed in argument on Mallet v Mallet (1984) 156 C.L.R. 605, since the Australian statutory regime is similar in pattern to the English one. But not long after that decision a s......
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5 books & journal articles
  • Constitutional Law and the Limits of Discretion in Family Property Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 44-1, March 2016
    • 1 March 2016
    ...‘Matrimonial Property and Equality Before the Law: Some Sceptical Reflections’ (1971) 4 Human Rights Journal 493. 5 Mallet v Mallet (1984) 156 CLR 605. 6 Patrick Parkinson, ‘Quantifying the Homemaker Contribution in Family Property Law’ (2003) 31 Federal Law Review 1. 7 Parker and Parker [1......
  • The Importance of Full and Frank Disclosure in Family Law Financial Proceedings and the Many Consequences of Non-Disclosure
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 45-1, March 2017
    • 1 March 2017
    ...(1936) 55 CLR 499, 504–5 (Dixon, Evatt and McTiernan JJ); De Winter v De Winter (1979) 23 ALR 211, 216–18 (Gibbs J); Mallet v Mallet (1984) 156 CLR 605, 610 (Gibbs CJ), 621–2 (Mason J), 634 (Wilson J), 649 (Dawson J); Norbis v Norbis (1986) 161 CLR 513, 517–20 (Mason and Deane JJ), 535 (Wil......
  • Quantifying the Homemaker Contribution in Family Property Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 31-1, March 2003
    • 1 March 2003
    ...no country in the world does title to propert y_____________________________________________________________________________________47 (1984) 156 CLR 605. 16 Federal Law Review Volume 31____________________ ______________________ ____________________ ______________________rest upon who did ......
  • Gendered Assumptions in Family Law Decision-Making
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 22-2, June 1994
    • 1 June 1994
    ...to the exceptionally good. She may be an admirable housewife in every way or she may fulfil little more than the minimum requirements": (1984) 156 CLR 605 at 636. He also went on to comment: "Similarly, the contribution of the breadwinner may vary enormously and deserves to be evaluated in ......
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