Torts
Negligence, intentional torts, vicarious liability, nervous shock, defamation. Civil Liability Acts overlay the common law.
Dominant casebooks
- Torts: Commentary and Materials — Sappideen, Vines & Watson · Lawbook Co (13th)dominant
- Australian Principles of Tort Law — Stewart & Stuhmcke · Federation Press (5th)
Briefed authorities
- CAL No 14 Pty Ltd v Motor Accidents Insurance Board CAL No 14 Pty Ltd v Motor Accidents Insurance Board (2009) 239 CLR 390
No general duty on host to prevent intoxicated patron driving home.
- Imbree v McNeilly Imbree v McNeilly (2008) 236 CLR 510
Standard of care for inexperienced drivers — single standard regardless of skill.
- Vairy v Wyong Shire Council Vairy v Wyong Shire Council (2005) 223 CLR 422
Risk and warning duties for public authorities — prospective characterisation.
- New South Wales v Lepore New South Wales v Lepore (2003) 212 CLR 511
Vicarious liability for intentional torts of teachers — non-delegable duty boundaries.
- Tame v New South Wales; Annetts v Australian Stations Pty Ltd Tame v New South Wales; Annetts v Australian Stations Pty Ltd (2002) 211 CLR 317
Pure mental harm — no requirement of sudden shock or normal fortitude.
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd (2001) 208 CLR 199
Privacy as equitable confidence — door left open to a tort of invasion of privacy.
- Sullivan v Moody Sullivan v Moody (2001) 207 CLR 562
Multifactorial / salient-features approach to novel duty of care.
- Wyong Shire Council v Shirt Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40
Calculus of negligence — magnitude × probability vs burden of precaution.
- Donoghue v Stevenson Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562
Neighbour principle — duty of care foundation, adopted across Australian common law.
Briefs follow the Australian Guide to Legal Citation 4th ed. Source judgments via AustLII. Browse the full AU case library for every briefed authority across Priestley 11.