Wardley Australia Ltd v Western Australia
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | 1992-1028 HCA D,[1992] HCA 55 |
| Date | 1992 |
| Court | High Court |
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Limitation periods in claims against valuers ' NSW Court of Appeal provides a useful reminder
...period, there is an opportunity to shut down a claim at an early stage. Footnotes 1 Wardley Australia Ltd v State of Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514; Kenny & Good Pty Ltd MGICA (1992) Ltd (1999) 199 CLR 413; [1999] HCA 25; Hunt & Hunt Lawyers v Mitchell Morgan Nominees Pty Ltd (2013) 2......
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Causation In Australian Shareholder Class Actions Uncertain
...best way to achieve finality. Footnotes 1 Corporations Act 2001(Cth) ss 1041I, 1317HA, 1325; Wardley Australia Ltd v Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 at 525. 2 See P Dawson Nominees Pty Ltd v Multiplex Ltd [2007] FCA 1061 at [11]; P Dawson Nominees Pty Ltd v Brookfield Multiplex Ltd (No......
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Turning The Corner - Have Limitation Periods Expired For GFC Financial Loss Claims?
...the limitation periods for claims for misleading conduct. The leading s82 case is Wardley Australia Ltd v State of Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 where Mason CJ, Dawson, Gaudron and McHugh JJ found A plaintiff can only recover compensation for actual loss. For this reason the plaintif......
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Further guidance on when a plaintiff can sue an insurer under section 6
...arguments in economic loss cases. In particular, her Honour referred to Wardley Australia Ltd v The State of Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 and held that "at common law a plaintiff can only recover compensation for actual loss or damage incurred, not potential or likely On this basis,......
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Causation in Securities and Financial Product Disclosure Cases: An Analysis and Critique
...[652].83. Ibid 490 [575].84. Corporations Act, above n 11, ss 729(1), 1022B and 1041I(1).85. Wardley Australia Ltd v Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514, 525 (Mason CJ, Dawson, Gaudron andMcHugh JJ) (‘Wardley’); Marks v GIO Australia Holdings Ltd (1998) 196 CLR 494, 513 (McHugh,Hayne and C......
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Consumer Redress Legislation: Simplifying or Subverting the Law of Contract
...See Henville vWal k er n 50 above at [96]–[98], [136] per McHugh J, with whom Gummow Jagreed; Wardley Australia Ltd vWestern Australia [1992] HCA 55; (1992) 175 CLR 514, 525 perMason CJ: ‘[Section] 82(1) should be understood as taking up the common law practical orcommon-sense concept of . ......
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Tort Law
...clearly set out the restrictions on the use of the premises. 27 [2020] 2 SLR 272. 28 Cap 163, 1996 Rev Ed. 29 [1982] 1 WLR 86. 30 (1992) 109 ALR 247. 31 [1998] 2 SLR(R) 778. 32 IPP Financial Advisers Pte Ltd v Saimee bin Jumaat [2020] 2 SLR 272 at [83]. 33 IPP Financial Advisers Pte Ltd v S......