New South Wales v Fahy (266)
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judge | Gummow,Gleeson CJ,Hayne JJ,Kirby J,Callinan,Heydon JJ |
| Judgment Date | 22 May 2007 |
| Neutral Citation | [2007] HCA 20,2007-0522 HCA B |
| Court | High Court |
| Docket Number | S341/2006 |
| Date | 22 May 2007 |
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Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW v Dederer
...be considered with other relevant factors.’ 69 The continuing authority of this passage has recently been reaffirmed by this Court in New South Wales v Fahy93. In that case, Gummow and Hayne JJ observed that 94: ‘There may be cases when the principles stated in Shirt have not been applied a......
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Campbell v Northern Territory of Australia (No 3)
...of Corrective Services [2009] NSWSC 304 Smith v Commissioner of Corrective Services [1978] 1 NSWLR 317 State of New South Wales v Fahy [2007] HCA 20; (2007) 232 CLR 486 State of New South Wales v TD [2013] NSWCA 32; (2013) 83 NSWLR 566 State of South Australia v Clark (1996) 66 SASR 199 Sta......
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Kuru v State of New South Wales
...the Crown Proceedings Act 1988 (NSW). The application of those provisions was examined by this Court in New South Wales v Ibbett1 and New South Wales v Fahy2. No issue was argued in this appeal about the operation of these provisions, or about the liability of the State for any wrongs done ......
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Heli-mustering accident leads to catastrophic spinal injury
...placed in the defendant's position (at [14]). He also referred to other decisions including that of Gleeson CJ in New South Wales v Fahy [2007] HCA 20 and noted that the relevant risk was that of injury to Mr Cook if there was a sudden loss of power or mechanical failure. There was a lack o......
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Transport & Logistics News - June 2016 (Part 2)
...placed in the defendant's position (at [14]). He also referred to other decisions including that of Gleeson CJ in New South Wales v Fahy [2007] HCA 20 and noted that the relevant risk was that of injury to Mr Cook if there was a sudden loss of power or mechanical failure. There was a lack o......
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'Nervous Shock - Employer´s Liability - Foreseeability Test' : New South Wales -v- Fahy - High Court Of Australia [2007] HCA20
...Date: May 22, 2007 New South Wales -v- Fahy High.Court.of.Australia [2007] HCA 20 Gleeson CJ, Gummow, Kirby, Hayne, Callinan, Heydon and Crennan In Brief The High Court has narrowly allowed an employer's appeal from a unanimous NSW Court of Appeal decision on breach of duty giving rise to p......
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Police officer fails, despite exposure to significant psychiatric trauma
...of New South Wales [2015] NSWSC 655. 2Kondis v State Transport Authority [1984] HCA 61 per Mason J at 687-688. 3 New South Wales v Fahy [2007] HCA 20 per Gleeson CJ at 4 Tabet v Gett [2010] HCA 12. © HopgoodGanim Lawyers Award-winning law firm HopgoodGanim offers commercially-focused advice......
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Government liability in negligence.
...361 (McHugh J); Leichhardt Municipal Council v Montgomery (2007) 230 CLR 22, 46-9 (Kirby J), 87-8 (Callinan J); New South Wales v Fahy (2007) 236 ALR 406, 464-5 (Crennan (68) Geddis v Proprietors of Bann Reservoir (1878) 3 App Cas 430 ('Geddis'). (69) Metropolitan Asylum District v Hill (18......