This site is being developed to provide links to interesting facts and information on the web relating to leading commercial cases that are likely to be encountered in studying law (or law subjects as part of another course) at university.
The project has been established and maintained by Mark Bender, in the Department of Business Law and Taxation at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.
Please feel free to submit any interesting links to leading cases that might be suitable for adding to this site.
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to do a Google search on the name of the case.
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Hadley v Baxendale (1854) 9 Exch. 341 Pictures of the Hadley brother's mill Allied Pickfords website They are recognised by their bright orange removal trucks. Baxednale was the senior partner of this firm's predecessor. ............................................................................... |
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Balmain New Ferry Co v Robertson (1906) 4 CLR 379 Ferry Wharf from 1906 - like the one Robertson was on ............................................................................... |
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Associated Newspapers Ltd v Bancks (1951) 83 CLR 322 Ginger Meggs website - the famous cartoon that featured in this case About Jimmy Bancks ............................................................................... |
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Grant v Australian Knitting Mills [1936] AC 85 Sketch of the AKM Building This building, now converted into apartments, can still been seen very clearly from Richmond railway station. ............................................................................... |
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Baltic Shipping Company v Dillon (1993) 176 CLR 344 Some information about the collision that led to this case Information on and photos of the Mikhail Lermontov shipwreck ............................................................................... |
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Said v Butt [1920] 3 KB 497 Picture of the theatre that Mr Said was banned from ............................................................................... |
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BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Hastings Shire Council (1977) 52 ALJR 20 Picture of the Refinery Site ............................................................................... |
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Commonwealth v Verwayen (1990) ALJR 540 Audio interview with a survivor of the Voyager disaster ............................................................................... |
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Bolton v Stone [1951] AC 850 Pictures of the cricket ground ............................................................................... |
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Oscar Chess Ltd v Williams [1957] 1 All ER 325 Picture of a car such as the one in question in this case Background information on Morris cars ............................................................................... |
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Bettini v Gye [1876] 1 QBD 183 Picture of Allesandro Bettini ............................................................................... |
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Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 Pictures of the cafe and some of those involved in the case ............................................................................... |
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Tramways Advertising Pty Ltd v Luna Park (NSW) Ltd (1938) (SR) (NSW) 632 Picture of the type of trams to carry the advertising boards History of Luna Park including a picture of Luna Park in the 1930's ............................................................................... |
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Hollis v Vabu Pty Ltd [2001] HCA 44 Webiste of Crisis Couriers ............................................................................... |
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Partridge v Crittenden [1968] 2 All ER 421 Picture of the birds that almost got Mr Partridge in trouble ............................................................................... |
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Lumley v Gye (1853) 2 E & B 216 Information on Mr Lumley Picture of Johanna Wagner, niece of the composer Wagner Information on Covent Garden ............................................................................... |
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Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd (1994) 179 CLR 520 Burnie Port Info - Australia's 5th largest container port ............................................................................... |
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Demagogue Pty Ltd v Ramensky (1992) 110 ALR 608 Picture Point Terrace, Noosa - The property at the centre of the dispute in this case ............................................................................... |
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Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Walker (1985) 85 ATC 4179 Angora goats - of the kind bred by Mr Wlaker ............................................................................... |
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Ferguson v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1979) 9 ATR 873 Charolais Cattle - of the kind Lt Cmdr Ferguson was breeding ............................................................................... |
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Graham Barclay Oysters Pty Limited & Ors v Ryan [2002] HCA 54 Picture of Wallis Lake - where the contamiated oysters were harvested ............................................................................... |
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Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company [1893] 1 QB 256 Newspaper Ad for the Carbolic Smoke Ball Company - depicting the offer to the world at large ............................................................................... |
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McQuire v Western Morning News [1903] 2 KB 100 The Clapham Omnibus - no doubt carrying the archetypal ordinary person ............................................................................... |
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National Engineering Pty. Ltd. v. Chilco Enterprises Pty. Ltd. [2001] NSWCA 291 The Crane to be used in the construction of the Sydney Olympic Stadium at the centre of the dispute ............................................................................... |
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Reg. Glass Pty Ltd v. Rivers Locking Systems Pty Ltd (1968) 120 CLR 516 The security door that proved to be less secure than could reasonably have been expected ............................................................................... |
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Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Whitfords Beach Pty Ltd (1982) 150 CLR 355 The beach that the isolated transaction arose from ............................................................................... |
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