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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Hunt & Hunt Lawyers v Mitchell Morgan Nominees Pty Ltd
...Ltd v Vella (2011) 16 BPR 30,189 at 30,199–30,200 [48]–[49]. 28 (2009) 25 VR 666. 29 And the Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic), s 23B. 30 Strong v Woolworths Ltd (t/as Big W) (2012) 86 ALJR 267 at 272 [19]; 285 ALR 420 at 425; [2012] HCA 5, explaining that the division of these elements in s 5D(1) ......
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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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Woolworths isn't Safeway
...of slipping hazards at intervals not greater than 20 minutes in the sidewalk sales area' and Kathryn won. Strong v Woolworths Limited [2012] HCA 5 The High Court has confirmed that occupiers of busy retail areas will not be able to defend slip-and-fall claims unless they have a documented, ......
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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......