Roxborough v Rothmans of Pall Mall Australia Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
JudgeGleeson CJ,Gaudron,Hayne JJ,Gummow J,Kirby J,Callinan J
Judgment Date06 December 2001
Neutral Citation2001-1206 HCA B,[2001] HCA 68
CourtHigh Court
Docket NumberS199/2000
Date06 December 2001
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174 cases
  • Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore v Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (No 2)
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 30 d4 Maio d4 2002
    ...in David Securities Ltd v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [1992] 66 ALJR 768. For the main submission, he relied on Roxborough v Rothmans [2001] HCA 68. 143 Mr Davinder Singh further raised another new contention. He referred to SingTel’s argument that as $1.5 billion was paid under a statut......
  • Bank of New York Mellon (International) Ltd v Cine-UK Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 27 d3 Julho d3 2022
    ...“gap-filling”. 83 Mr Seitler QC relied upon Carr LJ's analysis of the decision of the High Court of Australia in Roxborough v Rothmans of Pall Mall Australia Ltd [2001] HCA 68; [2001] 208 CLR 516 (“ Roxborough”). In that case retailers bought tobacco products from licensed wholesalers under......
  • Campbells Cash and Carry Pty Ltd v Fostif Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 30 d3 Agosto d3 2006
    ...of Appeal 10 as common issues of law include not only the general matter of the scope of the principle established by Roxborough v Rothmans of Pall Mall Australia Ltd11 but also the significance to the cause of action upheld in that case of certain specific legislation 12 and the relevance ......
  • Asia Television Ltd v Yau's Entertainment Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • Invalid date
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3 firm's commentaries
  • The Dispute Resolution Review - British Virgin Islands
    • British Virgin Islands
    • Mondaq Virgin Islands
    • 6 d4 Março d4 2014
    ...11 Goff & Jones, The Law of Unjust enrichment (8th ed.). 12 Roxborough and Others v. Rothmans of Pall Mall Australia Limited (2001) 208 CLR 516. 13 BVIHC (COM) 14 BVIHC (COM) 2011/0103. 15 Black Swan Investment ISA v. Harvest View Ltd & Anor BVIHCV 2009/0039 confirming the jurisdict......
  • Recent Developments In The Law Of Unjust Enrichment - Paul Toms And Joseph Gourgey
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 7 d4 Outubro d4 2021
    ...[72]. The appeal centred on the scope of these exceptions, including the cases of Roxborough v Rothmans of Pall Mall Australia Ltd [2001] HCA 68 and Barnes v Eastenders Cash & Carry plc [2014] UKSC 26. However, the present case was held not to fall under any of the exceptions for a simple r......
  • Recent Developments In The Law Of Unjust Enrichment - Paul Toms And Joseph Gourgey
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 7 d4 Outubro d4 2021
    ...[72]. The appeal centred on the scope of these exceptions, including the cases of Roxborough v Rothmans of Pall Mall Australia Ltd [2001] HCA 68 and Barnes v Eastenders Cash & Carry plc [2014] UKSC 26. However, the present case was held not to fall under any of the exceptions for a simple r......
14 books & journal articles
  • CONSTRUCTIVE TRUSTS AND DISCRETION IN AUSTRALIA: TAKING STOCK.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 44 No. 3, April 2021
    • 1 d4 Abril d4 2021
    ...(1) Carty v London Borough of Croydon [2005] 1 WLR 2312, 2319 [25] (Dyson LJ). (2) Roxborough v Rothmans of Pall Mall Australia Ltd (2001) 208 CLR 516, 537-8 [57] (Gummow (3) See, eg, the discussion below in Parts III(B)(1) and IV(C)(3). (4) That is, those who do not have an immediate right......
  • Restatement (Third) of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment, vols.1-2.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 35 No. 3, December 2011
    • 1 d4 Dezembro d4 2011
    ...[1943] AC 32, 65. (26) See First Restatement, above n 12, [section] 1 comment c. (27) Roxborough v Rothmans of Pall Mall Australia Ltd (2001) 208 CLR 516, 528-9 [24], 529 [27] (Gleeson CJ, Gaudron and Hayne JJ), 548 [83], 549-50 [86], 551 [89] (Gummow J) ('Roxborough'); Ben Kremer, 'The Act......
  • Restitution
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2002, December 2002
    • 1 d0 Dezembro d0 2002
    ...is only concerned with the enrichment of the defendant, not the loss of the plaintiff (Roxborough v Rothmans of Pall Mall Australia Ltd(2001) 185 ALR 335). 19.40 The Court of Appeal was content to state that the defence is not available in the context of private law claims, incorporating by......
  • MANN V PATERSON CONSTRUCTIONS PTY LTD: THE INTERSECTION OF DEBT, DAMAGES AND QUANTUM MERUIT.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 44 No. 2, December 2020
    • 1 d2 Dezembro d2 2020
    ...see, eg, Pavey (n 1) 256-7 (Deane J), cited in Mann (n 4) 596 [74] (Gageler J); Roxborough v Rothmans of Pall Mall Australia Ltd (2001) 208 CLR 516, 543 [70] (Gummow J) ('Roxborough'). Whether 'unjust enrichment only serves a taxonomical function in Australia is discussed (and doubted) in K......
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