Rootes v Shelton
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Court | High Court |
| Neutral Citation | [1967] HCA 39,1967-1018 HCA C |
| Date | 1967 |
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29 cases
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Cattanach v Melchior
...438. 388 (1991) 172 CLR 243 at 254. 389 (1991) 172 CLR 243 at 249–250 per Mason CJ, Deane, Gaudron and McHugh JJ. 390 Rootes v Shelton (1967) 116 CLR 383 at 391 Stapleton, ‘Duty of Care Factors:a Selection from the Judicial Menus’, in Cane and Stapleton (eds), The Law of Obligations:Essays ......
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Swain v Waverley Municipal Council
...311. 89Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v The Miller Steamship Co Pty [1967] 1 AC 617. 90 The words are those of Kitto J in Rootes v Shelton (1967) 116 CLR 383 at 91 cf Nagle v Rottnest Island Authority (1993) 177 CLR 423; Tomlinson v Congleton Borough Council [2004] 1 AC 46. 92 At the time and s......
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Leichhardt Municipal Council v Montgomery
...The Act, s 5(1). 129 The Act, s 145. 130 The Act, s 146(1)(a). 131 (2003) 212 CLR 511 at 611–612 [300]. 132 Contrast Rootes v Shelton (1967) 116 CLR 383 at 386–387 per Kitto J. 133Oceanic Sun Line Special Shipping Co Inc v Fay (1988) 165 CLR 197 at 252; Northern Territory v Mengel (1995) 18......
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Vairy v Wyong Shire Council
...for Railways (1935) 35 SR (NSW) 498 at 501–502; Caledonian Collieries Ltd v Speirs (1957) 97 CLR 202 at 221; Rootes v Shelton (1967) 116 CLR 383 at 388. 59 (2001) 206 CLR 1 at 16–17 [47], 22–23 [73]–[75]. 60 (2005) 79 ALJR 565 ; 213 ALR 249. 61 See Derrington, ‘Theory of negligence advance......
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2 firm's commentaries
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Sports Law Update: Sally James v USM Events Pty Ltd [2022] QSC 63
...a proper lookout or otherwise acted negligently. They also placed emphasis on the risks inherent in sport. Indeed, in Rootes v Shelton (1967) 116 CLR 383, 385, Barwick CJ noted that "participants may be held to have accepted risk which are inherent in the Justice Brown held that the risk of......
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Personal Injury Law Update: NSW workers compensation and motor accidents compensation law 2018
...of risk) by a participant in an activity." (footnotes omitted) [106] I agree with this passage. As Rootes v Shelton (1967) 116 CLR 383; [1967] HCA 39 itself explains, water skiing is an inherently risky activity and involves a number of inherent risks (such as hitting submerged objects). If......
2 books & journal articles
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Winner All Right? Liability in Tort For Injury in Sport
...and ADR for Participatory Violence" excerpted in Gardiner, Sports Law ( 2 ad ed., Cavendish Publishing, 2001), at 705. 6 Rootes v. Shelton 116 CLR 383; [1968] ALR 33 (HCA), (hereinafter Rootes) and Condon v. Basi [1985] 1 WLR 866; [1985] 2 All ER 453, being two examples in point. 2003] Liab......
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SINGAPORE ACADEMY OF LAW ANNUAL LECTURE 2007: “AUSTRALIA’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMON LAW”
...and I trust remains, orthodox. * I am grateful for the assistance of my Associates, James Hutton and David Hume. 1 Rootes v Shelton (1967) 116 CLR 383 at 387. 2 John Pfeiffer Pty Ltd v Rogerson (2000) 203 CLR 503 at 514, [2]. 3 For example, Geelong Harbour Trust Commissioners v Gibbs Bright......