State of New South Wales v Lepore and Another and related appeals
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Court | High Court |
| Judge | Gleeson CJ,Gaudron J,McHugh J,Gummow,Hayne JJ,Kirby J,Callinan J |
| Judgment Date | 06 Feb 2003 |
| Neutral Citation | [2003] HCA 4,2003-0206 HCA A |
| Docket Number | Matter No B20/2002 B20/2002 & B21/2002 S108/2002 |
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101 cases
- Barrick v Qantas Flight Catering Ltd
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Hickey v McGowan
...setting within which the employer placed him. These authorities were followed by the High Court of Australia in New South Wales v Lepore [2003] HCA 4. In Lord Steyn's analysis in the Lister case, at page 320, the issue was ‘whether the warden's torts were so closely connected with his emplo......
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O'Keeffe v Hickey and Others
...HALL LTD 2002 1 AC 215 MULLIS, NOLAN TORT 2001 AER REV 426 PARA 29.30 ROSE v PLENTY 1976 1 AER 97 NEW SOUTH WALES v LEPORE & ANOR 2003 HCA 4 SAMIN v QUEENSLAND & ORS 2003 HCA 4 RICH v QUEENSLAND & ORS 2003 HCA 4 SINNOTT v MIN FOR EDUCATION & ORS 2001 2 IR 545 D (T) & ORS......
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Annie Rachel Woodland (a Protected Party Suing by Her Father and Litigation Friend, Ian Woodland) v Essex County Council
...care is owed are not closed, but courts should exercise care in extending them." 13 The last Australian case I should cite is New South Wales v Lepore (2003) 212 CLR 511. The question was as to the liability of a school authority for the sexual abuse of a pupil by a teacher whom the au......
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2 firm's commentaries
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The Liability Of Hoteliers For Child Abuse And Child Exploitation
...the control of the hotel management in that they were a part of the hotel security system. Considering inter alia NEW SOUTH WALES V LEPORE (2003) HCA 4; (2003) 212 CLR 511 the judge at first instance held that the hotel was not vicariously liable for the employee's (P) actions as the assaul......
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Employer's vicarious liability - no laughing matter for pranksters
...weak connection between the wrong and his employment. The third test was expressed by Gaudron J in The State of New South Wales v Lepore [2003] HCA 4. Justice Gaudron applied the principle of estoppel, stating that vicarious liability can be imposed for deliberate wrongs if the person again......
1 books & journal articles
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O'Keeffe v Ireland: The Liability of States for Failure to Provide an Effective System for the Detection and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse in Education
...vHesley Hall Ltd [2002] 1 AC 215; Jacobi vGriffiths (1999) 174 DLR (4th) 71; Bazley vCurrey(1999) 144 DLR (4th) 45; New South Wales vLePore [2003] HCA 4.74 J. W. Salmond, R. F. V. Heuston and R. A. Buckley, Salmond and Heuston on the Law of Torts(London: Sweet and Maxwell, 19th ed, 1987) 521......