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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3 firm's commentaries
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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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6 books & journal articles
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Sticks, Stones and Words: Emotional Harm and the English Criminal Law
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...[2002] EWCA Civ 76 at paras 7-10 [Hatton]. See also Khorasandjian, supra note 67 at 736. For Australia, see Tame v New South Wales, [2002] HCA 35 at paras 18, 65-66, 213. Particularly pertinent to Merrifield is Bau v Victoria, [2009] VSCA 107 [Bau], also involving a police officer who alleg......
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