Dunlop Rubber Australia Ltd v Buckley

87 CLR 313

(Judgment by: Kitto J)

Dunlop Rubber Australia Ltd
v Buckley

Court:
High Court of Australia

Judges: Dixon CJ
McTiernan J
Webb J
Fullagar J

Kitto J

Subject References:
Statutes
"Dangerous" machinery
Injury to employee
Liability of employer
Damages

Legislative References:
Factories and Shops Act 1912 (NSW) No 39 - s 33

Hearing date: SYDNEY 18 November 1952; 19 November 1952; 19 December 1952;
Judgment date: 19 December 1952

SYDNEY

Judgment by:
Kitto J

KITTO J. I agree that the appeal should be allowed for the reasons stated by my brother Fullagar J.

[F1]
(1926) 38 C.L.R. 354

[F2]
[1940] A.C. 152

[F3]
(1943) 68 C.L.R. 313

[F4]
[1946] A.C. 493

[F5]
(1946) A.C., at p. 501

[F6]
[1919] 2 K.B. 39

[F7]
(1919) 2 K.B., at p. 41

[F8]
(1924) 34 C.L.R. 363

[F9]
[1940] A.C. 921

[F10]
(1919) 2 K.B., at p. 41

[F11]
(1943) 44 S.R. (N.S.W.) 87, at p. 95; 61 W.N. 79

[F12]
(1919) 2 K.B., at p. 41

[F13]
(1944) K.B. 337

[F14]
(1944) 2 All E.R. 434

[F15]
(1945) S.C. 414

[F16]
[1897] 1 Q.B. 192

[F17]
(1937) 1 All E.R. 170

[F18]
(1897) 1 Q.B., at p. 195

[F19]
[1950] 2 K.B. 335

[F20]
(1950) 2 K.B., at pp. 347, 348

[F21]
(1950) 2 K.B., at pp. 350, 351

[F22]
(1945) S.C. (J.C.) 69

[F23]
[1950] 2 K.B. 335

[F24]
(1945) S.C. (J.C.) 69

[F25]
(1897) 1 Q.B., at p. 195

[F26]
(1937) 1 All E.R., at p. 175

[F27]
[1897] 1 Q.B. 192

[F28]
[1905] A.C. 168 , at p. 170

[F29]
(1897) 1 Q.B., at p. 196

[F30]
[1897] 1 Q.B. 192

[F31]
(1897) 1 Q.B., at p. 196

[F32]
(1897) 1 Q.B., at pp. 195, 196

[F33]
(1945) 71 C.L.R. 430

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