Shaw Savill and Albion Company Ltd v Commonwealth
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judgment Date | 1940 |
| Neutral Citation | [1940] HCA 40,[1953] HCA 24,1953-0504 HCA A |
| Date | 1940 |
| Court | High Court |
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12 cases
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Bici and Another v Ministry of Defence
...which testify to this principle of combat immunity. It seems that the concept was first described in those terms in Shaw Savill and Albion Company Ltd v The Commonwealth [1940] HCA40; (1940) 66 CLR 344, a decision of the High Court of Australia. The plaintiffs brought a claim in damages fo......
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Smith v Ministry of Defence
...attention as a separate issue in its own right. (b) the authorities 84 Combat immunity made its first appearance in Shaw Savill & Albion Co Ltd v Commonwealth (1940) 66 CLR 344. A collision had occurred between HMAS Adelaide and a civilian vessel, the MV Coptic. It took place on 3 December ......
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Thomas v Mowbray and Ors
...Court would otherwise ordinarily rely. So much was confirmed recently in Attorney-General (Cth) v Tse Chu-Fai244: ‘In Shaw Savill & Albion Co Ltd v The Commonwealth, Dixon J spoke of “the exceptional rule giving conclusive effect to official statements” and to those matters of fact “which t......
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Haskins v Commonwealth
...234 CLR 210; [2008] HCA 7. 32 See, for example, Shaw Savill and Albion Co Ltd v The Commonwealth (1940) 66 CLR 344 at 360 per Dixon J; [1940] HCA 40; Groves v The Commonwealth (1982) 150 CLR 113 at 121–122 per Stephen, Mason, Aickin and Wilson JJ; [1982] HCA 33 Dixon, ‘De Facto Officers’, ......
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