Yorke v Lucas

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
CourtHigh Court
Neutral Citation[1985] HCA 65,1985-1003 HCA C
Date1985
Year1985

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  • Mandatory sentencing for people smuggling: issues of law and policy.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 36 No. 2, August 2012
    • 1 August 2012
    ...(1985) 156 CLR 473, 500, 506 (Wilson, Deane and Dawson JJ); Abley v Crosaro [1946] VLR 53, 55-6 (Gavan Duffy J); Yorke v Lucas (1985) 158 CLR 661, 667 (Mason ACJ, Wilson, Deane and Dawson JJ); R v Jervis [1993] 1 Qd R 643, 648 (McPherson (242) See generally R v Beck [1990] 1 Qd R 30, 37 (Ma......
  • A Step Too Far? Rethinking the Stepping Stone Approach to Officers’ Liability
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 47-1, March 2019
    • 1 March 2019
    ...forCorporate Wrongdoing’ (2013) 31 Company and Securities Law Journal 511, 521–2.13. Ibid 512–18.14. CA s 79(c).15. Yorke v Lucas (1985) 158 CLR 661, 670 (Mason ACJ, Wilson, Deane and Dawson JJ).16. Ibid; ASIC v Maxwell (2006) 59 ACSR 373, 395 [92] (Brereton J) (‘Maxwell’).17. Corporations ......
  • The fair competition act, 1993 (Jamaica) - analysis and comment
    • Barbados
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 4-2, December 1994
    • 1 December 1994
    ...attempts. However, section 75B TPA is descriptive, and not a basis of liability. Yorke v. Lucas (1983) 68 FLR 268 (Full Federal Court) (1985) 158 CLR 661, (1985) ATPR para.40-622 (High Court). Fair Competition Act, 1993 (Jamaica) 333 and their attendant remedies are not covered, although th......
  • From Stepping-Stones to Throwing Stones: Officers’ Liability for Corporate Compliance Failures after Cassimatis
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 49-3, September 2021
    • 1 September 2021
    ...found to have contravened s180 of the [Corporations Act] because the corporati on contravened the Act. The cont raventions of the49. (1985) 158 CLR 661 (‘Yorke’).50. This requirement is preserved for civil penalty liability arising out of involvement in a contravention of a civil penaltypro......