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dc.contributor.authorOrr, Graeme
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-06T06:17:24Z
dc.date.available2020-01-06T06:17:24Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/178680
dc.description.abstractIn Northern Territory v Mengel,1 an appeal from a decision of the Northern Territory Court of Appeal, 2 the High Court has taken the opportunity of overruling Beaudesert Shire Council v Smith.3 Long regarded by commentators as an aberration, and rarely used, the principle in Beaudesert allowed recovery for loss suffered as the inevitable consequence of any unlawful, intentional and positive act of another, independently of proof of negligence, nuisance or trespass.4 This note will summarise the High Court's decision, consider the neat dichotomy employed by the Court to delimit the liability of public officials, and conclude with some general comments on the trend in the High Court's approach to torts.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherLaw School, University of Tasmania
dc.publisher.placeHobart
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.utas.edu.au/law
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom136
dc.relation.ispartofpageto141
dc.relation.ispartofjournalUniversity of Tasmania Law Review
dc.relation.ispartofvolume15
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLaw
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1801
dc.titleAbrogating the Beaudesert Aberration: The High Court on Governmental Liability in Northern Territory v Mengel
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC2 - Articles (Other)
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Law
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorOrr, Graeme D.


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