Sydney Water Corporation v Turano
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Court | High Court |
| Judge | French CJ,Gummow,Hayne,Crennan,Bell JJ |
| Judgment Date | 23 September 2009 |
| Neutral Citation | 2009-1013 HCA A,[2009] HCA 42 |
| Docket Number | S568/2008 |
| Date | 23 September 2009 |
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Flanagan v Houlihan
...132 C.A.L. NO.14 PTY LTD T/A TANDARA MOTOR INN & ORS v MOTOR ACCIDENTS INSURANCE BOARD 2009 HCA 47 ADEELS PALACE PTY LTD v MOUBARAK 2009 HCA 42 HALL v KENNEDY & RUDLEDGE T/A WHITE HOUSE UNREP MORRIS 20.12.1993 1994/10/3009 BRIDIE MURPHY v PHYLLIS O'BRIEN 1987 6 ILT NS 75 CC DONOGHUE......
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Electro Optic Systems Pty Ltd v State of New South Wales
...169 Stephens v Stephens (1970) 72 SR (NSW) 459 Strong v Woolworths Ltd (2012) 246 CLR 182 Sullivan v Moody (2001) 207 CLR 562 Sydney Water Corporation v Turano (2009) 239 CLR 51 Tabet v Gett (2010) 240 CLR 537 Taylor v Owners – Strata Plan No 11564 (2014) 306 ALR 547 Tepko Pty Ltd v Water ......
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Minister for the Environment v Sharma
...Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW v Dederer [2007] HCA 42; 234 CLR 330 at 345 [43]–[44] (Gummow J) and Sydney Water Corporation v Turano [2009] HCA 42; 239 CLR 51 at 71 [47] (the Court).9 The scope and content of the duty was illuminated by the expression of its anticipated breach in the c......
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Sharma by her litigation representative Sister Marie Brigid Arthur v Minister for the Environment
...may be observed in the conclusion expressed by French CJ, Gummow, Hayne, Crennan and Bell JJ in Sydney Water Corporation v Turano (2009) 239 CLR 51 at [53]; see also Nettle J in King at [79]; and see Balkin R and Davis JLR, Law of Torts (5th edition, LexisNexis Butterworths, 2013) pp 202-20......
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2 firm's commentaries
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The High Court On Negligence : Absolute Liability Is Out - Reasonableness Is King
...because an accident occurred, no matter how tragic, it may not be someone's fault. Sydney Water Corporation v Maria Turano & Anor [2009] HCA 42 concerned a claim against Sydney Water for the death of a driver whose car was hit in 2001 by a tree during a violent storm. It was alleged the......
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Determining duty of care: High Court finds that Sydney Water did not owe a duty in respect of an accident arising from works it performed 20 years earlier
...respect of an accident arising from works it performed 20 years earlier. Judgment date: 13 October 2009 Sydney Water Corporation v Turano [2009] HCA 42 High Court of In Brief More than 80 years after its pronouncement, Lord Atkin's "neighbour" principle in Donoghue v Stevenson2 continues to......
1 books & journal articles
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THE PROMISE OF UNIVERSALITY
...Industry Finance Committee(1999) 200 CLR 1; Stuart v Kirkland-Veenstra(2009) 237 CLR 215 at [114]–[116]; Sydney Water Corp v Turano(2009) 239 CLR 51 at [52]–[53] and Perre v Apand(1999) 198 CLR 180 at [14]–[15] and [127]–[129]. 140 For example, Childs v Desormeaux[2006] 1 SCR 643; Cole v So......