Roads and Traffic Authority v Royal

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
JudgeGummow,Hayne,Heydon JJ.,Kirby J.,Kiefel J.
Judgment Date14 May 2008
Neutral Citation[2008] HCA 19,2008-0514 HCA B
Docket NumberM139/2014
CourtHigh Court
Date14 May 2008
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  • Raftland Pty Ltd as Trustee of the Raftland Trust v Commissioner of Taxation
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 22 Mayo 2008
    ...486 [46]. 157 (2007) 65 ATR 336 at 359 [83]. 158 Jaques (1924) 34 CLR 328 at 358 per Isaacs J. 159 cf Roads and Traffic Authority v Royal [2008] HCA 19 at 160 Ewart, Waiver Distributed, (1917) at 13. 161 (1873) LR 8 Ch App 351 at 359. The passage was quoted with approval by Hope JA in Air G......
  • Kuhl v Zurich Financial Services Australia Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 4 Mayo 2011
    ...did occur owing to the act or omission amounting to the breach of statutory duty.’ (emphasis added) But, as Kiefel J noted in Roads and Traffic Authority v Royal38, the observation of Dixon J must be considered in light of the circumstances of that case where, as Dixon J also said 39, ‘the ......
  • Amaca Pty Ltd (Under NSW Administered Winding Up) v Booth
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 14 Diciembre 2011
    ...240 CLR 111 . 49 (2010) 240 CLR 111 at 131 [47]. 50 Roads and Traffic Authority v Royal (2008) 82 ALJR 870 at 898 [144] per Kiefel J; 245 ALR 653 at 689; [2008] HCA 51 Rizzo, ‘Foreword: Fundamentals of Causation’, (1987) 63 Chicago-Kent Law Review 397 at 403: ‘A rise in the probability (fre......
  • Strong v Woolworths Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 7 Marzo 2012
    ...[2005] HCA 69; Roads and Traffic Authority v Royal (2008) 82 ALJR 870 at 878 [32] per Gummow, Hayne and Heydon JJ, 896 [135] per Kiefel J; 245 ALR 653 at 662–663, 687; [2008] HCA 17 Commonwealth of Australia, Review of the Law of Negligence: Final Report, (2002) at 109–119 [7.26]–[7.51]. 18......
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  • Factual Causation
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 38-3, September 2010
    • 1 Septiembre 2010
    ...CLR 269, 281 [36], quoting Betts v Whittingslowe (1945) 71 CLR 637, 649 (Dixon J) ('Betts'). 10 (1945) 71 CLR 637, 649 (Dixon J). 11 (2008) 245 ALR 653. See also Adeels Palace Pty Ltd v Moubarak (2009) 239 CLR 420 and Commissioner of Main Roads v Jones (2005) 215 ALR 418, 437 [80] (Callinan......

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