Tame v New South Wales
Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
Court | High Court |
Judge | Gleeson CJ,Gaudron J,McHugh J,Gummow,KIRBY JJ,Hayne J,Callinan J |
Judgment Date | 05 September 2002 |
Neutral Citation | [2002] HCA 35,2002-0905 HCA A |
Docket Number | S83/2001 |
Date | 05 September 2002 |
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...n 1, at [112]–[113]. 56 Above n 1, at [113]. It was also noted that in Tame v New South Wales; Annetts v Australian Stations Pty Ltd (2002) 211 CLR 317; 191 ALR 449; [2002] HCA 35; BC200205111 (Annetts) that there was equally no implicit requirement of direct perception of the death, injury......
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