Povey v Qantas Airways Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
JudgeGleeson CJ,Gummow,Hayne,Heydon JJ.,McHUGH J.,Kirby J.,Callinan J.
Judgment Date23 June 2005
Neutral Citation[2005] HCA 33,2005-0623 HCA B
Docket NumberM167/2004
CourtHigh Court
Date23 June 2005
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  • Deep Vein Thrombosis v Air Travel Group Litigation
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 8 December 2005
    ...acceptance of article 17 DVT claims. 20 The most important DVT authority is the recent decision of the High Court of Australia in Povey v Qantas Airways Ltd [2005] HCA33. Gleeson CJ and Gummow, Hayne and Haddon JJ gave a judgment rejecting the argument that the onset of DVT brought about b......
  • Barclay v British Airways Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 18 December 2008
    ... ... Ashley J in his partially dissenting judgment in the Court of Appeal of Victoria in Povey [2003] VSCA 227 , at paras. 211–216, gave some examples of continuous situations (e.g. continuous malfunction of the pressurisation causing ... ...
  • FTZK v Minister for Immigration
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 27 June 2014
    ...and Indigenous AffairsUNK(2004) 138 FCR579 at 592 [51]. 46 Cf. Povey v. Qantas Airways LtdUNK(2005) 223 CLR 189 at 207 [41]; [2005] HCA 33. See also R (JS (SriLanka)) v. Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentELR[2011] 1 AC 184 at 2345 [41][42] per Lord Hope of Craighead 47Al-Sirri v. Se......
  • Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v Qaah of 2004
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 15 November 2006
    ...Malaysian International Shipping Corporation, Berhad (1998) 196 CLR 161 at 176 [38], 186–187 [71], 213 [137], 227–228 [179]–[180]; Povey v Qantas Airways Ltd (2005) 79 ALJR 1215 at 1220 [25], 1236–1237 [128]; 216 ALR 427 at 433, 27 The Vienna Convention was ratified by Australia on 13 June......
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  • Damage to air cargo and the application of Article 18 of the Montreal Convention
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 1 November 2017
    ...occurred was unusual or unexpected and not part of the usual course of carriage. She examined the decisions in Povey v Qantas Airways Ltd [2005] HCA 33 and In re Deep Vein Thrombosis and Air Travel Litigation [2004] QB 234 in reaching this conclusion and also distinguished the wording in Ar......
6 books & journal articles
  • The legal and commercial frameworks
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume I - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...227, per James LJ; Ashville Investments Ltd v Elmer Contractors Ltd [1989] 1 QB 488 at 494, per May LJ. 70 Povey v Qantas Airways Limited [2005] HCA 33 at [76], per McHugh J. 71 Salmond, “he heory of Judicial Precedents” (1900) 16 LQR 376 at 388–389; cf per Sir George Jessel MR in Wallis v ......
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    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Us Manual of International Air Carriage
    • 18 August 2009
    ...37–38 Price v. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, 12 107 F.Supp. 2d 1365 (N.D. Ga. 2000) .........56 Qantas v. Povey, [2005] HCA 33.................................................................................... 35 Rank Precision Ind. V. Jardine Air Cargo, CCH 20 Avi. 18,325, 1986 U.S. Dist. LEX......
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    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive The British Manual of International Air Carriage
    • 18 August 2009
    ...56 Phillips v. Air New Zealand, [2002] 1 All.E.R. (Comm.) 801 ....................................22 Povey v. Qantas Airways, [2005] HCA 33 ...................................................................19 Price v. British Airways No. 91, Civ. 4947 (S.D.N.Y. 1992), 23 Avi. 18465 .............
  • Passenger Liability under the Montreal Convention
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Us Manual of International Air Carriage
    • 18 August 2009
    ...oxygen bottle was “an unusual or unexpected event.” 22 Deep Vein Thrombosis and Air Travel Group [2005] UKHL 72, Qantas v. Povey [2005] HCA 33. 23 739 F.2d 130 (3d Cir. 1984). 24 119 F.3d 1515 (11th Cir. 1997). 25 15 Fed. Appx. 109, 2001 US App. LEXIS 17051 (4th Cir. 2001). [ 36 ] us manual......
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