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Mutual Life and Citizens' Assurance Company Ltd v Evatt

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JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation[1968] HCA 74,1968-1111 HCA A
Date1968
Year1968
CourtHigh Court
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52 cases
  • Kestrel Holdings Pty Ltd v Apf Properties Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • Full Federal Court (Australia)
    • Invalid date
  • Mutual Life and Citizens' Assurance Company Ltd v Evatt
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • Invalid date
  • Brodie v Singleton Shire Council
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 31 May 2001
    ...per Gibbs CJ. See also at 456–457 per Mason J, 471 per Wilson J, 484 per Brennan J. 520Mutual Life & Citizens' Assurance Co Ltd v Evatt (1968) 122 CLR 556 and on appeal (1970) 122 CLR 628; [1971] AC 793; Shaddock & Associates Pty Ltd v Parramatta City Council [No 1] (1981) 150 CLR 225; San ......
  • Minister for the Environment v Sharma
    • Australia
    • Full Federal Court (Australia)
    • 15 March 2022
    ...Anzil [2000] HCA 61; 205 CLR 254 Mount Isa Mines Ltd v Pusey [1970] HCA 60; 125 CLR 383 Mutual Life & Citizens’ Assurance Co Ltd v Evatt [1968] HCA 74; 122 CLR 556 National Australia Bank Ltd v Nautilus Insurance Pte Ltd (No 2) [2019] FCA 1543; 377 ALR 627 Naxakis v Western General Hospital......
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7 books & journal articles
  • The Development of the High Court's Willingness to Overrule Common Law Precedent
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 45-2, June 2017
    • 1 June 2017
    ...‘Law and the Courts’, above n 10, 155; Bruce Kercher, An Unruly Child: A History of Law in Australia (Allen & Unwin, 1995) 178. 68 (1968) 122 CLR 556. 69 Ibid 563. 70 See Mutual Life and Citizens’ Assurance Co v Evatt (1970) 122 CLR 628 (PC). 71 (1974) 129 CLR 576 (PC). 72 Geelong Harbour T......
  • Maritime liens and the conflict of laws - an exegesis of The Halcyon Isle and preceding Anglo-common law decisions
    • South Africa
    • Transactions of the Centre for Business Law No. 2011-47, January 2011
    • 1 January 2011
    ...oddity occurred in Mutual Life & Citizens Assurance Co Ltd v Evatt [1971] AC 293; Mutual Life & Citizens Assurance Co Ltd v Evatt (1968) 122 CLR 556; Evatt v Mutual Life & Citizens Assurance Co Ltd (No 1) (1967) 69 SR (NSW) 73; and Evatt v Mutual Life & Citizens Assurance Co Ltd (No 2) (196......
  • The use and Enforcement of Soft Law by Australian Public Authorities
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 42-1, March 2014
    • 1 March 2014
    ...514 (Lord Hodson); 528 –9 (Lord Devlin); 539 (Lord Pearce) ('Hedley Byrne'). See also Mutual Life & Citizens' Assurance Co Ltd v Evatt (1968) 122 CLR 556, 621 (Owen J) ('MLC v Evatt'). 171 MLC v Evatt 571. The decision of the High Court was overturned by a bare majority in the Privy Council......
  • The Chaotic State of the Law of Rape in Victoria: A Mandate for Reform
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 78-4, August 2014
    • 1 August 2014
    ...(Brennan J),citing Myers vDirector of Public Prosecutions [1965] AC 1001 at 1021; Mutual Life & Citizens’Assurance Co. Ltd vEvatt (1968) 122 CLR 556 at 563; Geelong Harbor Trust Commissioners vGibbs Bright & Co. [1974] AC 810 at 820–1. For an explanation of the separation ofpowers principle......
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