Regie Nationale Des Usines Renault Sa v Zhang

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
JudgeGleeson CJ,Gaudron,McHugh,Gummow,Hayne JJ,Kirby J,Callinan J
Judgment Date14 March 2002
Neutral Citation2002-0314 HCA C,[2002] HCA 10
CourtHigh Court
Docket NumberS9/2001
Date14 March 2002
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143 cases
  • Neilson v Overseas Projects Corporation of Victoria Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 29 September 2005
    ...(which did not present a problem for the appellant) that was relevant. 13 The argument that the decision of this Court in Regie Nationale des Usines Renault SA v Zhang3 directed McKechnie J to the General Principles excluding Ch VIII , that is to say, that the relevant law of the PRC sho......
  • Q & M Enterprises Sdn Bhd v Poh Kiat
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 31 August 2005
    ...Voth v Manildra Flour Mills Proprietary Limited (1990) 171 CLR 538 and, most recently, in Regie Nationale des Usines Renault SA v Zhang (2002) 210 CLR 491. Indeed, in the last-mentioned case, the Australian position has only, it appears, been more firmly entrenched (see generally Adrian Bri......
  • Suzlon Energy Ltd v Bangad
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • Invalid date
  • Atlasnavios Navegacao, LDA v The Ship "Xin Tai Hai" (No 2)
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • Invalid date
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Choice of Law Bill a winner
    • New Zealand
    • Mondaq New Zealand
    • 27 October 2016
    ...case law: see, e.g., John Pfeiffer Pty Ltd v Rogerson (2000) 203 CLR 503; 172 ALR 625 and Regie Nationale des Usines Renault SA v Zhang (2002) 210 CLR 491; 187 ALR 1; Tolofson v Jensen [1994] 3 SCR 1022. In England, the change was precipitated by the EU Rome II Regulation (see, eg, Dicey, M......
  • Section 151Z Recovery Expansion and Uncertainty
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 15 April 2013
    ...was outside NSW when the injury occurred. The approach to choice of law issues taken in Regie Nationale Des Usines Renault SA v Zhang (2002) 210 CLR 491 (that the applicable choice of law to international torts was the law of the place where the injury occurred) was not applicable, as it co......
18 books & journal articles
  • Pleading and proving foreign law in Australia.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 31 No. 2, August 2007
    • 1 August 2007
    ...of Private International Law (1976) ch 11; Martin Wolff, Private International Law (2nd ed, 1950) ch 17. (10) (2000) 203 CLR 503. (11) (2002) 210 CLR 491. (12) Phillips v Eyre (1870) LR 6 QB 1; Koop v Bebb (1951) 84 CLR 629; Anderson v Eric Anderson Radio & TV Pty Ltd (1965) 114 CLR 20;......
  • THE EFFECTIVE REACH OF CHOICE OF LAW AGREEMENTS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 December 2008
    ...Act 1995 (c 42) (the common law still applied to claims in defamation, though). 37 Regie National des Usines Renault SA v Zhang (2002) 210 CLR 491, [2002] HCA 10. 38 Tolofsen v Jensen [1994] 3 SCR 1022. 39 The result of Johnson v Coventry Churchill International Ltd[1992] 3 All ER 14 could ......
  • Conclusion : reconceptualising the maritime lien and the conflict of laws
    • South Africa
    • Sabinet Transactions of the Centre for Business Law No. 2011-47, January 2011
    • 1 January 2011
    ...Issues in Multinational Tort Claims: Substance and Procedure and choice of Law” (2007) 26 University of Queensland Law Journal 1.653 (2002) 210 CLR 491 (Zhang).654 (2000) 203 CLR 531an intra-Australian conf‌lict of laws involving a tort, has been followed in Zhang,655 and extended to foreig......
  • Truth, Justice and the Australian Way— Plaintiff S157 OF 2002 V Commonwealth
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 31-2, June 2003
    • 1 June 2003
    ...intention to cut down the jurisdiction of courts was quite clear inrelation to s 474.47 Ibid 45 [74]–[75].48 Ibid 45 [76].49 (2002) 187 ALR 1.50 S157 (2003) 195 ALR 24, 46 [77].51 Ibid 46 2003 Truth, Justice and the Australian Way 383_________________________________________________________......
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