Neilson v Overseas Projects Corporation of Victoria Ltd
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judge | Gleeson CJ,McHugh J,Gummow,Hayne JJ.,Kirby J.,Callinan J.,Heydon J.,and |
| Judgment Date | 29 September 2005 |
| Neutral Citation | 2005-0929 HCA C,[2005] HCA 54 |
| Court | High Court |
| Docket Number | P85/2004 |
| Date | 29 September 2005 |
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Dornoch Ltd v Westminster International BV [QBD (Admiralty)]
...The High Court of Australia has reached a different solution to that so far adopted by the English court. Neilson v. Overseas Projects Corporation of Victoria Limited [2005] HCA 54; 223 CLR 331 was a case where the plaintiff Australian national was injured in a fall in an apartment in Chin......
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Shi v Migration Agents Registration Authority
...Ex parte Brideson [No 2] (1990) 170 CLR 267 at 274; [1990] HCA 36. 25 cf Neilson v Overseas Projects Corporation of Victoria Ltd (2005) 223 CLR 331 at 396–397 [202]–[204]; [2005] HCA 26 Comprising Mr Justice J R Kerr of the Commonwealth Industrial Court; Mr Justice A F Mason, then of the Ne......
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Commissioner of Taxation v Addy
...(2002) ATC 4465 Moreau v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1926) 39 CLR 65 Neilson v Overseas Projects Corporation of Victoria Ltd (2005) 223 CLR 331 Perpetual Executors Trustees and Agency Co (WA) Ltd (John Turnbull Trust) v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1935) 3 ATD 132 Pike v Federal ......
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1 firm's commentaries
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Royal Caribbean Cruises appeal ' The ship masters power of detention at common law
...been pleaded or proved. This consideration was canvassed by the High Court in Neilson v Overseas Projects Corporation of Victoria Ltd (2005) 223 CLR 331 where Gummow and Hayne JJ had "absent proof of, or agreement about, foreign law, the law of the forum is to be applied." Overlap with a st......
11 books & journal articles
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Pleading and proving foreign law in Australia.
...v Godleman (1988) 169 CLR 41 ; McKain v R W Miller & Co (SA) Pry Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 1 ; Stevens v Head (1993) 176 CLR 433 . (13) (2005) 223 CLR 331. (14) (2001) 52 NSWLR 492 . (15) Zhang (2002) 210 CLR 491 ,520 (Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, McHugh, Gummow and Hayne JJ). (16) See O'Driscoll......
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The Common Law and Federal Jurisdiction — What Exactly Does Section 80 of the Judiciary Act DO?
...Regie Nationale des Usines Renault SA v Zhang (2002) 210 CLR 491. 66 See, eg, Neilson v Overseas Project Corporation of Victoria Ltd (2005) 79 ALJR 1736, 1757 [115] (Gummow and Hayne JJ); see also 1741 [15] (Gleeson CJ), 1744 [34]–[35] (McHugh J, dissenting), 1770 [185] (Kirby J, dissenting......
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RATIONALISING AND SIMPLIFYING THE PRESUMPTION OF SIMILARITY OF LAWS
...Recent cases such as Royal Boskalis Westminster NV v Mountain[1999] QB 674 and Neilson v Overseas Projects Corp of Victoria Ltd(2005) 221 ALR 213 are easily distinguishable. Where the foreign conflicts rule is relevant (for example, because the doctrine of renvoi is admitted), the party who......
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CHOICE OF LAW FOR ENFORCEMENT OF ARBITRAL AWARDS
...Commercial Arbitration: Commentary and Materials (Kluwer, 2001) at p 2687. 83Neilson v Overseas Project Corporation of Victoria Ltd[2005] HCA 54. 84John Pfeiffer Pty Ltd v Rogerson[2000] HCA 36; Regie Nationale des Usines Renault SA v Zhang[2002] HCA 10. 85Neilson v Overseas Project Corp of......
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