Geelong Harbor Trust Comrs. v Gibbs Bright & Company (Octavian)
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Judgment Date | 1974 |
Date | 1974 |
Year | 1974 |
Court | Privy Council |
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18 cases
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R Ats. Thorpe v Molyneaux
...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 ......
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill
...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......
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Kensland Realty Ltd v Tai, Tang Chong
...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
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Preliminary Sections
...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. .......
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The Development of the High Court's Willingness to Overrule Common Law Precedent
...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 (......
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Maritime Collisions
...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......
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The Common Law in Australia: Its Nature and Constitutional Significance
...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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