Strong v Woolworths Ltd
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judge | French CJ,Gummow,Crennan,Bell JJ.,Heydon J. |
| Judgment Date | 07 March 2012 |
| Neutral Citation | [2012] HCA 5,2012-0307 HCA A |
| Court | High Court |
| Docket Number | S172/2011 |
| Date | 07 March 2012 |
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...ALR 205 at 301 [496]. 181 See above at [181] n 173. 182 See above at [35]. 183 See Strong v Woolworths Ltd (2012) 86 ALJR 267 at 279 [53]; 285 ALR 420 at 434; [2012] HCA 5. 184Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Macdonald (No 11) (2009) 256 ALR 199 at 379 [1203]. 185Morley v ......
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Minister for the Environment v Sharma
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11 firm's commentaries
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Slip and fall on hotel stairs - liability of architect and occupier - ss 5B, 5D and 5O of the Civil Liability Act 2002 considered
...been a full delegation of responsibility to another party. Footnotes 1 Beazley, Macfarlan and Hoeben JJA 2 [1987] HCA 7 3 (1963) HCA 4 4 [2012] HCA 5 5 [1963] HCA 15 6 [2007] NSWCA 335 7 [1985] HCA 35 8 [2009] NSWCA 16 Ranked No 1 - Australia's fastest growing law firm' (Legal Partnership S......
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Husband succeeds on causation over wifes death on appeal
...2003 (Qld)). determining factual causation involves nothing more than the application of the "but for test": Strong v Woolworths Limited [2012] HCA 5 and Wallace v Kam [2013] HCA 19. the road surface was slippery as a result of the road works (described by one witness as akin to "walking on......
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Causation and the Evidentiary Burden : Strong v Woolworths Limited [2012] HCA 5
...Introduction 7 March 2012 the High Court of Australia handed down its judgment in the matter of Strong v Woolworths Limited [2012] HCA 5, allowing an appeal in a slip and fall case and, in doing so, has revisited the law on causation. The decision addresses the evidentiary difficulties in s......
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Determining Causation - the High Court rules on consumption of hot chips
...date: 7 March 2012 Strong v Woolworths Limited [2012] HCA 5 High The determination of factual causation under s 5D(1)(a) of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (CLA) is a statutory statement of the "but for" test of causation. That is, the plaintiff would not have suffered injury but for the defen......
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1 books & journal articles
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Litigation
...burden” is not entirely satisfactory: Drake v Harbour (2008) 121 Con LR 18 at 24 [23]–25 [28], per Toulson LJ; Strong v Woolworths Ltd [2012] HCA 5, per Heydon J. 979 Purkess v Crittenden (1965) 114 CLR 164; Stewart v Dillingham Constructions Pty Ltd [1974] VR 24 at 28. 980 Anti-Corrosion P......