Wentworth v Woollahra Municipal Council

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
CourtHigh Court
Neutral Citation1982-0803 HCA B,[1982] HCA 41,1982-1028 HCA B
Date1982
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    ...RAIL AUTHORITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES V CODELFA CONSTRUCTION PROPRIETARY LTD 1981 150 CLR 29 WENTWORTH V WOOLLAHRA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL 1981–82 149 CLR 672 AUTODESK INC V DYASON (NO 2) 1992–93 176 CLR 300 1 Judgment delivered on the 9th day of December 1999 by Hamilton C.J. 2 This matter came befo......
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    ...93 CLR 418. 66 [1999] 2 WLR 272 ; [1999] 1 All ER 577. 67 (1997) 190 CLR 207 at 215. 68 Wentworth v Woollahra Municipal Council (1982) 149 CLR 672 ; State Rail Authority of NSW v Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd (1982) 150 CLR 29; Autodesk Inc v Dyason [No 2] (1993) 176 CLR 300; Nintendo Co L......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Creditor's right to an injunction or damages under section 1324 of the Corporations Act
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 5 February 2012
    ...powers. The Court agreed with this argument and drew on the comments made in Wentworth v Woollahra Municipal Council and Ors [1982] HCA 41, where the Court "It is obvious that a discretionary defence to a claim for equitable relief does not, if made out, operate as a defence to a claim for ......
  • Expansion of personal liability of directors
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 24 March 2012
    ...refused on discretionary grounds. The court cited with approval the principle established in Wentworth v Woollahra Municipal Council (1982) 42 ALR 69 that a discretionary defence to a claim for equitable relief, such as injunction, cannot operate as a defence to a claim for common law damag......
2 books & journal articles
  • Termination of Appointments to Public Offices
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 24-1, March 1996
    • 1 March 1996
    ...vWoollahra Municipal Council (1982) 149 CLR 672.See ECampbell, "Liability to Compensate for Denial of aRight to aFair Hearing" (1989) 15MonLR383.Zamulinski vThe Queen (1957) 10 DLR (2d) 685; Peck vThe Queen [1964] Ex CR 966; Hopson vThe Queen [1966] Ex CR 608; Mancuso Estate vThe Queen [198......
  • Of Kings and Officers — The Judicial Development of Public Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 33-2, June 2005
    • 1 June 2005
    ..._____________________________________________________________________________________ 296 Wentworth v Woollahra Municipal Council (1982) 149 CLR 672; Finn, above n 67. However, such a plaintiff can obtain declarations and injunctions: see below. 297 See Three Rivers DC v Bank of England [20......

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