State Government Insurance Commission (Sa) v Trigwell

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation[1979] HCA 40
Date1979
Year1979
CourtHigh Court
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22 cases
  • Barclay v Penberthy
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 2 October 2012
    ...(4th) 180 at 186 . 77 See above at [1]–[13]. 78 (1808) 1 Camp 493 [170 ER 1033]. 79 (1808) 1 Camp 493 [170 ER 1033]. 80State Government Insurance Commission v Trigwell (1979) 142 CLR 617 at 623, 628–629 and 633–634; [1979] HCA 81Admiralty Commissioners v S S Amerika [1917] AC 38 at 41. 82 ......
  • New South Wales v Commonwealth
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 14 November 2006
    ...of contemporary values 873; and, to write s 128 out of the Constitution 874. What Mason J said of the common law in State Government Insurance Commission v Trigwell875 is of relevance to constitutional law also: ‘I do not doubt that there are some cases in which an ultimate court of appeal ......
  • Commonwealth of Australia v Yarmirr
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 11 October 2001
    ...J. 62 (1992) 175 CLR 1 at 79. 63Cooper v Stuart (1889) 14 App Cas 286 at 291; see also State Government Insurance Commission v Trigwell (1979) 142 CLR 617 esp at 634; Blackstone, Commentaries, 17th ed (1830), vol 1, par 64Mabo [No 2] (1992) 175 CLR 1 at 79 per Deane and Gaudron JJ; Sammut v......
  • Trident General Insurance Company Ltd Vmcniece Bros Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • Invalid date
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2 firm's commentaries
8 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill How Judges Decide Cases: Reading, Writing and Analysing Judgments. 2nd Edition Contents
    • 29 August 2018
    ...1 Costs LR 18, [2004] All ER (D) 337 (Jun) 169, 200 Selman v Vijay Construction (UK) Ltd [2003] EWHC 1100 (TCC) 166 SGIC v Trigwell (1979) 26 ALR 67 61–62 Shaw v Director of Public Prosecutions [1962] AC 220, [1961] 2 WLR 897, [1961] 2 All ER 446, HL 58, 60 Shield Mark BV v Kist [2004] Ch 9......
  • The Development of the High Court's Willingness to Overrule Common Law Precedent
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 45-2, June 2017
    • 1 June 2017
    ...a clear judicial resistance to reconsidering settled common law doctrine, see State Government Insurance Commission v Trigwell (1979) 142 CLR 617, 623 (Barwick CJ), 626 (Gibbs J), 633 (Mason J); Dugan v Mirror Newspapers (1978) 142 CLR 583, 586 (Barwick CJ), 590–1 (Gibbs J). See generally A......
  • The Common Law in Australia: Its Nature and Constitutional Significance
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 32-3, September 2004
    • 1 September 2004
    ...Cas 286, 292–3; Delohery v Permanent Trustee Co of NSW (1904) 1 CLR 283, 289, 291. 11 State Government Insurance Commission v Trigwell (1979) 142 CLR 617, 625 (footnotes omitted). 340 Federal Law Review Volume 32 ______________________________________________________________________________......
  • The Common Law in Australia: Its Nature and Constitutional Significance
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 32-3, September 2004
    • 1 September 2004
    ...Cas 286, 292–3; Delohery v Permanent Trustee Co of NSW (1904) 1 CLR 283, 289, 291. 11 State Government Insurance Commission v Trigwell (1979) 142 CLR 617, 625 (footnotes omitted). 340 Federal Law Review Volume 32 ______________________________________________________________________________......
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