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Lecture 11 (TNK 332-373) Contributory Negligence (March v Stramare (TNK 311)) Thompson v Commissioner for Railways (1863) 2 SCR (L) 292 |
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Podrebersek v AIS (TNK 334) Astley v Austrust (TNK 337) (no apportionment for contributory negligence when suing in contract law) (Hawkins v Clayton (TNK 289) (NSW) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1965, s 8: "wrong means an act or omission that: (a) gives rise to a liability in tort in respect of which a defence of contributory negligence is available at common law, or (b) amounts to a breach of a contractual duty of care that is concurrent and co-extensive with a duty of care in tort." Over-rules Astley v Austrust, at least where there is concurrent liability in contract and tort Pilmer v Duke Group (High Court, 31 May 2001) (No apportionment for contributory fault in equitable compensation) Remoteness of damage (Doyle v Olby (TNK 47)) Hadley v Baxendale (TNK 400) (the remoteness test in contract cases: in contemplation of the parties) |
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P Atiyah, The Rise and Fall of Freedom of Contract (1979) F Faust, "Hadley v Baxendale: an Understandable Miscarriage of Justice" (1994) 15 Journal of Legal History 41 Girard v Biddulph (1834) www.law.mq.edu.au/scnsw Kercher, "Colonial Contracts and Expectation Damages: Girard v Biddulph, New South Wales Supreme Court, 1834" (2001) 1 Macquarie Law Journal 103 Victoria Laundry v Newman Industries (TNK 354) Koufos v Czarnikow (Heron II) (TNK 356) Amann Aviation (TNK at 224)) Wagonmound 1 (TNK 360) (Hughes v Lord Advocate (TNK 362)) Mayfair v Pears (TNK 365) Parsons v Uttley Ingham (TNK 370) Lecture 12 Final factors in assessment of compensatory damages (TNK 373-420)
Mitigation British Westinghouse v Underground Electric (TNK 374) (the test of mitigation in English and Australian law) |
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Hoad v Scone Motors TNK 378 White and Carter v McGregor (TNK 380) Glavonjic v Foster (TNK 384)
Inflation
(Pennant Hills Restaurants v Barrell Insurances (1981) 145 CLR 625) Todorovic v Waller (TNK 386)
Taxation Gill v Australian Wheat Board (TNK 392) Cullen v Trappell (TNK 394)
Choice of factors Burns v MAN (TNK 395) The Borag (TNK 397)
Interest on damages
Ruby v Marsh (TNK 403) Haines v Bendall (TNK 404) Cullen v Trappell (TNK 408) MBP v Gogic (TNK 411) Hungerfords v Walker (TNK 414) |
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