Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW v Dederer
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judge | Gleeson CJ.,Gummow J.,Kirby J.,Callinan J.,Heydon J. |
| Judgment Date | 30 August 2007 |
| Neutral Citation | 2007-0830 HCA A,[2007] HCA 42 |
| Court | High Court |
| Docket Number | S122/2007 |
| Date | 30 August 2007 |
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231 cases
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MW v Director-General, Department of Community Services
...445, 449; [2007] HCA 20; Roads and Traffic Authority (NSW) v Dederer (2007) 81 ALJR 1773 at 1777 [5], 1804–1805 [163]–[166], 1827 [293]; 238 ALR 761 at 764, 800–801, 831; [2007] HCA 120 Eastman v The Queen (2000) 203 CLR 1 at 13 [18], 24 [68], 54 [164], 63 [190]; cf at 82 [249], 123 [369]; ......
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12 firm's commentaries
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Retrofitting 42 dump trucks with a safer access ladder at a cost of $850,000 was a reasonable precaution to be taken by a mining company
...has been negligent as set out in s 5B of the CLA: Reed v Warburton6. 1 McColl JA, Basten JA, Tobias AJA 2 [1986] HCA 1 3 [2009] HCA 35 4 [2007] HCA 42 5 [2011] NSWCA 76 6 [2011] NSWCA 98 Ranked No 1 - Australia's fastest growing law firm' (Legal Partnership Survey, The Australian July 2010)......
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Plaintiff discharged from hospital whilst sedated and allowed to drive a motor vehicle: Naidoo v Brisbane Waters Administration Pty Ltd t/as Brisbane Waters Private Hospital
...1, at [130]. 16Above n 1, at [289]. 17Above n 1, at [290]. 18Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW v Dederer (2007) 238 ALR 761; 48 MVR 288; [2007] HCA 42; BC200707279 at [69]. 19Above n 1, at [292]. 20Above n 1, at [293]. 21Above n 1, at [294]. 22Above n 1, at [296]. 23Above n 1, at [297]. 24......
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Back to Basics - Shirt Calculus, Section 5B and the special relationship between the State and Inmate
...inmates have very little autonomy over their activities whilst incarcerated. Footnotes 1 Allsop P, Beazley JA, Giles JA 2 [1980] HCA 12 3 [2007] HCA 42 Ranked No 1 - Australia's fastest growing law firm' (Legal Partnership Survey, The Australian July The content of this article is intended ......
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High Court Of Australia Reconsiders The Question Whether Principals Should Be Liable For The Negligent Acts Of Independent Contractors
...care. They do not impose a more stringent or onerous burden." Footnotes 1 French CJ, Gummow, Hayne, Heydon and Bell JJ 2 [1986] HCA 1 3 (2007) HCA 42 The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your speci......
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5 books & journal articles
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Government liability in negligence.
...Torts Reports [paragraph] 81-860, 38 909 (Ipp JA). The issue did not arise in the appeal: Roads and Traffic Authority (NSW) v Dederer (2007) 238 ALR 761. (118) His Honour listed several concerns, including the choice of a benchmark to measure the reasonableness of political or resource choi......
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THE PROMISE OF UNIVERSALITY
...236 For example, Mulligan v Coffs Harbour City Council(2005) 223 CLR 486 and Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales v Dederer(2007) 234 CLR 330. 237 For example, Reynolds v Katoomba RSL All Services Club Ltd(2001) 53 NSWLR 43; [2001] NSWCA 234. 238 For example, Cole v South Tweed He......
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The legal and commercial frameworks
...and every jurisdiction. he social heterogeneity of Australians has not gone unnoticed by the High Court of Australia: see RTA v Dederer (2007) 234 CLR 330 at [289], per Heydon J. However, a former Chief Justice of the Australian High Court referred (before becoming a judge of that court) to......
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Litigation
...See also Jebsens (UK) Ltd v JR Inwards Ltd (Unreported, Eng. Ct App, Fox, Parker and Staughton LJJ, 28 Jan 1988). 1165 RTA v Dederer (2007) 234 CLR 330 at [176]–[193], per Kirby J (dissenting); at [296]–[299], per Heydon J. 1166 See generally Mulready v JH&W Bell Ltd [1953] 2 All ER 215 at ......
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