Voli v Inglewood Shire Council

110 CLR 74

(Judgment by: OWEN J)

Between: VOLI
And: INGLEWOOD SHIRE COUNCIL

Court:
High Court of Australia

Judges: Dixon CJ
Windeyer J

Owen J

Subject References:
Negligence
Architectural plans
Approved by Government Department
Dangerous premises built from plans
Injury
Liability
Apportionment

Hearing date: BRISBANE 7 September 1962; 10 September 1962; 11 September 1962
Judgment date: 29 May 1963

MELBOURNE


Judgment by:
OWEN J

I have read the judgment of Windeyer J. and agree that the appeal should be allowed.

[F1]
1 [1932] A.C. 562 , at p. 599

[F2]
2 [1932] A.C. 562

[F3]
3 (1923) 33 CLR 273 , at p. 283

[F4]
4 [1932] A.C. 562

[F5]
5 [1932] A.C., at p. 559

[F6]
6 [1941] 2 K.B. 343

[F7]
7 [1941] 2 K.B., at p. 362

[F8]
8 [1941] 1 K.B. 321

[F9]
9 [1932] A.C. 562

[F10]
10 [1941] 1 K.B., at pp. 334, 335

[F11]
11 [1948] A.C. 549 , at p. 563

[F12]
12 (1949) 68 Atl. 2nd 517

[F13]
13 [1920] A.C. 956 , at p. 986

[F14]
14 (1866) L.R. 1 G.P. 274; (1867) L.R. 2 C.P. 311

[F15]
15 [1932] A.C. 562

[F16]
16 (1960) 104 CLR 274

[F17]
17 (1863) 15 C.B. (N.S.) 221, at p. 240 [143 E.R. 768, at p. 776]

[F18]
18 [1906] A.C. 428

[F19]
19 [1932] A.C. 562

[F20]
20 [1906] A.C. 428

[F21]
21 [1936] 2 K.B. 46

[F22]
22 [1947] K.B. 71

[F23]
23 [1906] A.C. 428

[F24]
24 [1954] 2 Q.B. 127 , at p. 138

[F25]
25 (1960) 104 CLR 274

[F26]
26 (1959) 101 CLR 209

[F27]
27 [1922] 2 I.R. 5

[F28]
28 [1949] I.R. 60

[F29]
29 [1949] I.R., at p. 73

[F30]
30 [1906] A.C. 428

[F31]
31 (1914) 147 N.Y. Supp. 461

[F32]
32 (1932) 160 Atl. 356

[F33]
33 (1915) 213 N.Y. 404

[F34]
34 [1906] A.C. 428

[F35]
35 (1915) 213 N.Y., at p. 408

[F36]
36 (1870) L.R. 5 Q.B. 184, 501

[F37]
37 [1917] 2 K.B. 325

[F38]
38 (1953) 89 CLR 409 , at p. 424

[F39]
39 [1917] 2 K.B., at pp. 332, 333

[F40]
40 (1870) L.R. 5 Q.B. 501

[F41]
41 (1870) L.R. 5 Q.B., at p. 509

[F42]
42 (1953) 89 CLR 409

[F43]
43 (1870) L.R. 5 Q.B. 184, 501

[F44]
44 (1822) 11 Price 400 [147 E.R. 512]

[F45]
45 (1870) L.R. 5 Q.B. 184, 501

[F46]
46 (1851) 11 C.B. 655 [138 E.R. 632]

[F47]
47 [1909] 1 K.B. 209

[F48]
48 (1870) L.R. 5 Q.B. 184, 501

[F49]
49 (1897) 47 N.Y. Supp. 788, affirmed 163 N.Y. 559, 57 N.E. 1109

[F50]
50 (1870) L.R. 5 Q.B. 184, 501

[F51]
51 (1897) 47 N.Y. Supp., at p. 792

[F52]
52 (1881) 6 App. Cas. 740

[F53]
53 (1840) 6 M. & W. 499 [151 E.R. 509]

[F54]
54 (1881) 6 App. Cas., at p. 829

[F55]
55 [1961] A.C. 807

[F56]
56 (1848) 2 Ex. 251 [154 E.R. 485]

[F57]
57 [1941] 1 K.B. 688

[F58]
58 (1870) L.R. 5 Q.B. 501

[F59]
59 [1961] A.C., at p. 845

[F60]
60 (1848) 2 Ex. 251 [154 E.R. 485]

[F61]
61 (1848) 2 Ex., at p. 255 [154 E.R., at p. 487]

[F62]
62 (1932) 46 C.L.R., at p. 559

[F63]
63 (1919) 26 CLR 135

[F64]
64 [1953] 2 All E.R. 1185

[F65]
65 [1941] 1 K.B. 688

[F66]
66 [1953] 2 All E.R. 1185

[F67]
67 [1959] A.C. 604

[F68]
68 [1958] N.Z.L.R. 409

[F69]
69 [1941] 2 K.B. 343

[F70]
70 [1945] K.B. 174

[F71]
71 [1961] A.C., at p. 879

[F72]
72 [1957] A.C. 555

[F73]
73 (1948) 77 CLR 544


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