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Shaw Savill and Albion Co Ltd v The Commonwealth   flag  52

[1940] HCA 40; (1940) 66 CLR 344
High Court of Australia
Australia - Commonwealth
5th December, 1940

Cases Referring to this Case

Case Name †  Citation(s) Court Jurisdiction Date Full Text Citation Index
Acciarito v Anthony Parcel Services Pty Ltd [2021] VSC 78 Supreme Court of Victoria Australia - Victoria 2 Dec 2021 AustLII flag 2
Attorney-General for the Commonwealth v Tse Chu-Fai & Governor of the Metropolitan Reception & Remand Centre [1998] HCA 25; (1998) 193 CLR 128; (1998) 153 ALR 128; 72 ALJR 782; (1998) 7 Leg Rep 18 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 3 Apr 1998 AustLII flag 14
Attorney-General (NSW) v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd [1952] HCA 2; (1952) 85 CLR 237; [1952] ALR 125 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 3 Mar 1952 AustLII flag 189
Bici v Ministry of Defence [2004] EWHC 786 (QB) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 7 Apr 2004 BAILII flag 16
Breavington v Godleman [1988] HCA 40; (1988) 169 CLR 41; (1988) 80 ALR 362; (1988) 62 ALJR 447; (1988) 7 MVR 289; [1988] Aust Torts Reports 80-194 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 18 Aug 1988 AustLII flag 280
Cattanach v Melchior [2003] HCA 38; (2003) 215 CLR 1; (2003) 199 ALR 131; (2003) 77 ALJR 1312; [2003] Aust Torts Reports 81-704 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 16 Jul 2003 AustLII flag 186
Commonwealth of Australia v Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission & X [1998] FCA 3; (1998) 76 FCR 513; (1998) 152 ALR 182; [1998] EOC 92-909; 43 AILR 3-701 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 13 Jan 1998 AustLII flag 82
Commonwealth of Australia v Robert John Mewett Ffc [1995] FCA 1505 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 31 Aug 1995 AustLII flag
Commonwealth of Australia v Winston [2024] NSWCA 277 Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal Australia - New South Wales 28 Nov 2024 AustLII flag
Commonwealth v Evans Deakin Industries Ltd [1986] HCA 51; (1986) 161 CLR 254; 66 ALR 412; (1986) 60 ALJR 619 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 26 Aug 1986 AustLII flag 99
Commonwealth v Quince [1944] ArgusLawRp 4; (1944) 50 ALR 50 Argus Law Reports Australia 25 Feb 1944 AustLII flag
Commonwealth v Quince [1944] HCA 1; 68 CLR 227; [1944] ALR 50 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 25 Feb 1944 AustLII flag 70
Covington-Thomas v Commonwealth of Australia [2007] NSWSC 779 Supreme Court of New South Wales Australia - New South Wales 2 Aug 2007 AustLII flag 6
CPCF v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] HCA 1; (2015) 255 CLR 514; (2015) 316 ALR 1; (2015) 143 ALD 443; (2015) 89 ALJR 207 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 28 Jan 2015 AustLII flag 253
Cubillo v Commonwealth of Australia [2000] FCA 1084; (2000) 103 FCR 1; (2000) 174 ALR 97; [2000] Aust Torts Reports 64,136 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 11 Aug 2000 AustLII flag 285
D'Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid [2005] HCA 12; (2005) 223 CLR 1; (2005) 214 ALR 92; (2005) 79 ALJR 755; [2005] Aust Torts Reports 81-784 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 10 Mar 2005 AustLII flag 858
Fulton v Chief of Defence Force [2023] FCAFC 134 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 18 Aug 2023 AustLII flag 1
Guatal v The State [1981] PGLawRp 230 Papua New Guinea 30 Jul 1981 PacLII flag
Her Majesty R v Nisbet Shipping Co Ltd [1953] CanLII 77 (SCC); [1953] 1 SCR 480 Supreme Court of Canada Canada 28 Apr 1953 CanLII flag 1
Holohan v Minister for Defence [1998] IEHC 126 High Court of Ireland Republic of Ireland 30 Jul 1998 BAILII flag
Johnstone v The Commonwealth [1979] HCA 13; (1979) 143 CLR 398; 23 ALR 385; 53 ALJR 350 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 26 Mar 1979 AustLII flag 47
Keeley v Victoria [1964] VicRp 48; [1964] VR 344 Australia - Victoria 27 Aug 1963 AustLII flag 9
Mulcahy v Ministry of Defence [1996] EWCA Civ 1323; [1996] QB 732; [1996] 2 All ER 758; [1996] 2 WLR 474 England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division United Kingdom - England and Wales 21 Feb 1996 BAILII flag 20
Parker v The Commonwealth [1965] HCA 12; (1965) 112 CLR 295; [1965] ALR 1094; (1965) 38 ALJR 444 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 30 Mar 1965 AustLII flag 102
Perre v Apand Pty Ltd [1999] HCA 36; (1999) 198 CLR 180; (1999) 164 ALR 606; (1999) 73 ALJR 1190; [1999] Aust Torts Reports 81-516; (1999) 15 Leg Rep 2 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 12 Aug 1999 AustLII flag 913
Pyrenees Shire Council v Day [1998] HCA 3; (1998) 192 CLR 330; (1998) 151 ALR 147; (1998) 72 ALJR 152; 96 LGERA 330; [1998] Aust Torts Reports 81-456 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 23 Jan 1998 AustLII flag 465
Qarase v Bainimarama [2009] FJCA 67 Court of Appeal of Fiji Fiji 9 Apr 2009 PacLII flag 3
Qarase v Bainimarama [2009] FJCA 9 Court of Appeal of Fiji Fiji 9 Apr 2009 PacLII flag 8
R (Smith) v Oxfordshire Assistant Deputy Coroner [2010] UKSC 29; [2011] 1 AC 1; [2010] 3 All ER 1067; [2010] 3 WLR 223 United Kingdom Supreme Court United Kingdom 30 Jun 2010 BAILII flag 67
Sharma v Minister for the Environment [2021] FCA 560; (2021) 391 ALR 1 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 27 May 2021 AustLII flag 17
Smith v Ministry of Defence [2011] EWHC 1676 (QB); [2011] HRLR 35 High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 30 Jun 2011 BAILII flag 3
South Pacific Manufacturing Co Ltd v New Zealand Security Consultants and Investigations Ltd HC Wellington CP345/89 [1989] NZHC 976; (1990) 3 NZBLC 101,605 High Court of New Zealand New Zealand 15 Dec 1989 NZLII flag
TC v New South Wales [1999] NSWSC 31; [1999] Aust Torts Reports 81-500 Supreme Court of New South Wales Australia - New South Wales 11 Feb 1999 AustLII flag 13
Thomas v Mowbray [2007] HCA 33; (2007) 233 CLR 307; (2007) 237 ALR 194; (2007) 81 ALJR 1414 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 2 Aug 2007 AustLII flag 386
Timbs v Shoalhaven City Council [2004] NSWCA 81; (2004) 132 LGERA 397; [2004] Aust Torts Reports 81-738 Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal Australia - New South Wales 1 Apr 2004 AustLII flag 5
Verwayen v Commonwealth (No 2) [1989] VicRp 63; [1989] VR 712; [1988] Aust Torts Reports 80-222 Australia - Victoria 17 Nov 1988 AustLII flag 10
Williams v R [2012] NSWCCA 286; 229 A Crim R 67; (2012) 62 MVR 382 Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Criminal Appeal Australia - New South Wales 20 Dec 2012 AustLII flag 13
Winston v Commonwealth of Australia [2024] NSWSC 464 Supreme Court of New South Wales Australia - New South Wales 26 Apr 2024 AustLII flag 2
5 Boroughs NY Pty Ltd v Victoria; Roberts v Victoria [2021] VSC 785 Supreme Court of Victoria Australia - Victoria 2 Dec 2021 AustLII flag 15

Law Reform Reports Referring to this Case

Journal Article Title †  Citation(s) Author Jurisdiction Date Full Text Citation Index
Review of the Judiciary Act 1903 and Related Legislation [2001] ALRC 92 Australian Law Reform Commission Australia circa 2001 AustLII flag

Law Journal Articles Referring to this Case

Journal Article Title †  Citation(s) Author Jurisdiction Date Full Text Citation Index
"Bona Fide Police Torts and Crown Immunity: A Paradigm of the Case for Judge Made Law" (1978-1980) 6 University of Tasmania Law Review 294 Churches, S C Australia - Tasmania circa 1980 AustLII flag 2
"Parker v The Commonwealth of Australia (Commonwealth Liability in Tort)" (1966-1967) 2 Federal Law Review 122 Crawford, J A Australia circa 1967 AustLII flag
"Statute and Theories of Vicarious Liability" (2019) 43 Melbourne University Law Review 515 Dietrich, Joachim; Field, Iain Australia circa 2019 AustLII flag 4
"Commonwealth Liability to State Law" (1985) 16 (1-2) University of Western Australia Law Review 135 Donaldson, G Australia - Western Australia circa 1985 AustLII flag
"Duty of Care and Liability for Purely Economic Loss, The" (1979-1980) 12 Melbourne University Law Review 79 Hayes, Robert Australia circa 1980 AustLII flag 2
"Re Civilian Casualty Court Martial: Prosecuting Breaches of International Humanitarian Law Using the Australian Military Justice System" (2013) 37 Melbourne University Law Review 342 Kelly, Joshua Australia circa 2013 AustLII flag 1
"National Litigation and International Law: Repercussions for Australia's Protection of Marine Resources" (2009) 33 Melbourne University Law Review 163 Klein, Natalie; Hughes, Nikolas Australia circa 2009 AustLII flag
"Claims Against the Commonwealth and States and their Instrumentalities in Federal Jurisdiction: Section 64 of the Judiciary Act" (1996) 24 Federal Law Review 93 Kneebone, Susan Australia circa 1996 AustLII flag 10
"To Execute and Maintain the Laws of the Commonwealth' The ADF and Internal Security - Some Old Issues with New Relevance" (2005) 28 University of New South Wales Law Journal 523 Moore, Cameron Australia circa 2005 AustLII flag 4
"Non-Justiciability in Australian Private International Law: A Lack of Judicial Restraint" (2009) 10 Melbourne Journal of International Law 102 Sim, Cameron Australia circa 2009 AustLII flag 1
"Books Received" (1977-1978) 10 University of Queensland Law Journal 150 University of Queensland Law Journal Australia circa 1978 AustLII flag
"Needle in the Haystack: Principle in the Duty of Care in Negligence, The" (2000) 23 University of New South Wales Law Journal 35 Vines, Prue Australia circa 2000 AustLII flag 6

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name Provision
Constitution

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name †  Citation(s) Court Jurisdiction Date Full Text Citation Index
"Athol" [1842] EngR 449; 1 Wm Rob 374; 166 ER 613 United Kingdom circa 1842 CommonLII flag 7
(1923) 32 CLR 200 (1923) 32 CLR 200 Australia - Commonwealth circa 1923 Legal Online / Westlaw flag 67
[1918] P 78 [1918] P 78 circa 1918 2
[1919] P 1 [1919] P 1 circa 1919 8
[1919] P 362 [1919] P 362 circa 1919 2
Attorney General v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd (The Warilda) [1923] AC 292 United Kingdom circa 1923 LexisNexis / Westlaw flag 6
Attorney General v Ard Coasters Ltd (The Ardgantock) (1921) 2 AC 141 United Kingdom circa 1921 LexisNexis / Westlaw flag 4
Attorney-General v De Keyser's Royal Hotel Ltd [1920] UKHL 1; [1920] AC 508; [1920] All ER 80; 122 LT 691 House of Lords United Kingdom 10 May 1920 BAILII flag 243
Baume v Commonwealth [1906] HCA 92; (1906) 4 CLR 97; 13 ALR 22 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 27 Aug 1906 AustLII flag 113
Board of Trade v Hain Steamship Co Ltd [1929] AC 534 United Kingdom circa 1929 LexisNexis / Westlaw flag 11
Britain Steamship Co Ltd v R (1921) 1 AC 99 United Kingdom circa 1921 LexisNexis / Westlaw flag 9
Broadmayne [1916] P 64 circa 1916 13
Case of R's Prerogative in Saltpetre [1572] EngR 410; 77 ER 1294; (1572-1616) 12 Co Rep 12 King's Bench United Kingdom circa 1572 CommonLII flag 13
Clan Line Steamers Ltd v Board of Trade (The Clan Matheson) [1929] AC 514 United Kingdom circa 1929 LexisNexis / Westlaw flag 5
Clifford and O'Sullivan (1921) 2 AC 570 United Kingdom circa 1921 LexisNexis / Westlaw flag 38
Commonwealth Shipping Representative v P & O Branch Service [1923] AC 191 United Kingdom circa 1923 LexisNexis / Westlaw flag 38
Duff Development Co Ltd v Government of Kelantan [1924] AC 797; 111 ER 969 United Kingdom circa 1924 LexisNexis / Westlaw flag 52
Egan v Macready [1921] 1 IR 265 circa 1921 5
Elliott Steam Tug Co Ltd v The Admiralty [1921] 1 AC 137 United Kingdom circa 1921 LexisNexis / Westlaw flag 7
Entick v Carrington [1765] EWHC J98; [1765] EWHC J98 (KB); [1765] EWHC KB J98; [1558-1774] All ER 41; (1765) 19 St Tr 1030; 95 ER 807 High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 2 Nov 1765 BAILII flag 118
Field v Nott [1939] HCA 41; (1939) 62 CLR 660 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 20 Dec 1939 AustLII flag 32
Higgins v Willis (1921) 2 IR 386 circa 1921 1
HMS Sans Pareil [1900] UKLawRpPro 25; [1900] P 267 United Kingdom 17 May 1900 CommonLII flag 10
Mackenzie-Kennedy v Air Council [1927] 2 KB 517 United Kingdom circa 1927 LexisNexis / Westlaw flag 22
Marais v General Officer Commanding the Lines of Communication, Ex parte Marais [1901] UKLawRpAC 52; [1902] AC 109 United Kingdom 18 Dec 1901 CommonLII flag 13
Musgrave v The Commonwealth [1936] HCA 80; (1937) 57 CLR 514; [1937] ALR 614 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 19 Dec 1936 AustLII flag 74
Nicholson v Mouncey and Symes [1812] EngR 206; 15 East 384; 104 ER 890; 5 B & Ald 837 King's Bench United Kingdom circa 1812 CommonLII flag 24
Olympic and HMS Hawke [1913] UKLawRpPro 12; [1913] P 214 United Kingdom 5 Apr 1913 CommonLII flag 2
Pitcher v Federal Capital Commission [1928] HCA 44; (1928) 41 CLR 385; 35 ALR 185 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 10 Dec 1928 AustLII flag 20
R (Childers) v Adjutant-General of the Provisional Forces (1923) 1 IR 5 circa 1923 1
R (Garde) v Strickland (1921) 2 IR 317 circa 1921 1
R (Ronayne and Mulcahy) v Strickland (1921) 2 IR 333 circa 1921 1
R v Allen (1921) 2 IR 241 circa 1921 2
Raleigh v Goschen [1897] UKLawRpCh 136; [1898] 1 Ch 73 United Kingdom 13 Nov 1897 CommonLII flag 37
Sumner); Re a Petition of Right [1915] 3 KB 649 United Kingdom circa 1915 LexisNexis / Westlaw flag 15
Tilonko v Attorney-General of Natal [1906] UKLawRpAC 45; [1907] AC 93 United Kingdom 2 Nov 1906 CommonLII flag 6
Tobin v R [1864] EngR 21; (1864) 16 CBNS 310; (1864) 33 LJCP 199; 143 ER 1148; 1 CBNS 310 Court of Common Pleas United Kingdom circa 1864 CommonLII flag 82

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