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Geelong Harbor Trust Comrs. v Gibbs Bright & Company (Octavian)

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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1974
Date1974
Year1974
CourtPrivy Council
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17 cases
  • R Ats. Thorpe v Molyneaux
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • January 31, 1979
    ...v. SS Mostyn (1928) A.C. 57 and the Worthington Harbour Dock Board Case [1951] A.C. 112. The Privy Council in a decision reported at [1974] A.C. 810 affirmed the High Court' decision. The High Court in its decision had preferred to follow earlier House of Lords decision and a series of its ......
  • B Munisar v Bookers Demerara Sugar Estates Ltd Attorney General of Guyana and DPP
    • Guyana
    • Court of Appeal (Guyana)
    • Invalid date
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • September 28, 2006
    ...13 per Mason J. (footnotes omitted) 296 Hamilton v Baker (1889) 14 App Cas 209 at 222 per Lord Macnaghten. 297 Geelong Harbor Trust Commissioners v Gibbs Bright & Co (A Firm) [1974] AC 810 at 820; see also Geelong Harbour Trust Commissioners v Gibbs, Bright & Co (1970) 122 CLR 504 at 51......
  • Kensland Realty Ltd v Tai, Tang Chong
    • Hong Kong
    • Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong)
    • March 7, 2008
    ...have inherited the rule of law and their legal systems from the United Kingdom: Geelong Harbor Trust Commissioners v. Gibbs Bright & Co. [1974] AC 810 at 818 – 820 per Lord 169. In interpreting s.14 and s.14A of the Limitation Act 1980 (UK), the United Kingdom courts have given those sectio......
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10 books & journal articles
  • Preliminary Sections
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Nigerian Supreme Court Cases. 1985. Part I Preliminary Sections
    • November 22, 2022
    ...645 Gbenebiechie v. Awosika, 14 W.A.C.A. 101. 433 Geelong Harbour Trust Commissioners v. Gibbs Bright & Co. 129 C.L.R. 576 .............................................................................................................. 16 General Medical Council v. Spackman (1943) A.C. 627. .......
  • The Development of the High Court's Willingness to Overrule Common Law Precedent
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 45-2, June 2017
    • June 1, 2017
    ...Unwin, 1995) 178. 68 (1968) 122 CLR 556. 69 Ibid 563. 70 See Mutual Life and Citizens’ Assurance Co v Evatt (1970) 122 CLR 628 (PC). 71 (1974) 129 CLR 576 (PC). 72 Geelong Harbour Trust Commissioners v Gibbs Bright & Co (1970) 122 CLR 504. 73 Townsville Harbour Board v Scottish Shire Line (......
  • Maritime Collisions
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Maritime Law. Second Edition Part VI
    • June 21, 2016
    ...came into operation. This statute may have eased this strict rule somewhat. But see the Privy Council’s decision in Octavian (The) , [1974] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 344. Maritime Collisions 851 lish legal principles, 132 it should be noted that damages recoverable in Canada by the owners of the f‌ixed......
  • The Common Law in Australia: Its Nature and Constitutional Significance
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 32-3, September 2004
    • September 1, 2004
    ...37 Australian Consolidated Press Ltd v Uren (1967) 117 CLR 221; Geelong Harbour Trust Commissioners v Gibbs, Bright and Co (1974) 129 CLR 576. 38 Despite these developments Barwick CJ in Public Transport Commission (NSW) v J Murray-Moore (NSW) Pty Ltd (1975) 132 CLR 336, 341 said that, on m......
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