Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Australia v Adelaide Steamship Company Ltd

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1913
Date1913
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5 books & journal articles
  • The Engineers Case Centenary: SCOTUS and the Origins of Australia's Scabrous Constitutional Signature
    • United Kingdom
    • British Journal of American Legal Studies No. 10-1, April 2021
    • 1 April 2021
    ...The appeal decisions are Adelaide SS Co Ltd v The King (1912) 15 CLR 65 (Austl.) and Attorney-General (Cth) v Adelaide SS Co Ltd [1913] AC 781 (PC). In 1910, and before the writs were issued, the AIPA was amended to remove the need to proving intent. However, the opportunity to amend the wr......
  • Illegality
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Contracts. Third Edition Vitiating Factors
    • 4 August 2020
    ...43. 180 For citation of relevant authorities, see below notes 335 and 336. 181 Attorney General of Australia v Adelaide Steamship Co , [1913] AC 781 at 796 (PC), Lord Parker. See also Connors , above note 142; Bliss & Laughlin Industries Illegality 533 that the second branch of the test may......
  • Cartel Laws Undermined: Corruption, Social Norms, and Collectivist Business Cultures
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Law and Society No. 37-2, June 2010
    • 1 June 2010
    ...of Legal Control ofCorporate Delinquency (2003) 76.45 Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Australia v. Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd[1913] A.C. 781, 797 (Mogul Steamship Co Ltd v. McGregor, Gow & Co (1888) 21Q.B.D. 544; (1889) 23; Q.B.D. 598 (C.A.); [1892] A.C. 25).46 Jones v. North (1875) ......
  • The impact of Section 51AC of The Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) on commercial certainty.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 28 No. 3, December 2004
    • 1 December 2004
    ...and freedom of contract ideals prevented this Act from having any substantial effect: see A-G (Cth) v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd [1913] AC 781. (34) Commonwealth, Parliamentary Debates, House of Representatives, 16 July 1974, 225-8 (Keppel Enderby, Minister for Manufacturing Industry). The c......
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