ON 1 OCTOBER 1971, the wearing of seatbelts became compulsory in New South Wales.
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Motorcycle helmets
ON 1 AUGUST 1971, the wearing of helmets by motorcyclists became compulsory in New South Wales.
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Anglia Television Ltd v Reed [1972] 1 QB 60
ON 29 JULY 1971, the English Court of appeal delivered Anglia Television Ltd v Reed [1972] 1 Q.B. 60.
http://faculty.law.ubc.ca/biukovic/supplements/anglia.htm
The defendant, Robert Reed, was an American actor best known for his role as Mike Brady in the Brady Bunch television series. In 1968 he contracted with the plaintiff, Anglia Television Ltd, to act in a movie to be filmed in Great Britain. Due to a mix-up with his bookings, the defendant repudiated the contract. The plaintiff sought damages for wasted expenditure incurred before and after the formation of the contract. The defendant argued that the plaintiff was only entitled to wasted expenditure after the contract.
The trial judge awarded the defendant damages for the wasted expenditure incurred both before and after the formation of the contract. The Court of Appeal dismissed the defendant’s appeal.
Lord Denning MR held: “If the plaintiff claims the wasted expenditure, he is not limited to the expenditure incurred after the contract was concluded. He can claim also the expenditure incurred before the contract, provided that it was such as would reasonably be in the contemplation of the parties as likely to be wasted if the contract was broken”.
Sydney, Australia
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1971 | Springbok tour State of Emergency
ON THIS DAY in 1971, the Bjelke-Petersen Government declared a month-long State of Emergency under s22 of the Queensland State Transport Act 1938 to control protests against the South African Springbok rugby union tour.
Gove Land Rights Case
ON THIS DAY in 1971, Blackburn J of the Nothern Territory Supreme Court delivered Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd (1971) 17 FLR 141.
In an attempt to protect their sacred sites, the Yolngu people challenged the validity of leases granted by the Commonwealth to a mining company. The people alleged that they held a common law right of ownership of the land under the doctrine of native title. Under the doctrine, native title is deemed to have existed at the time of settlement and continued after settlement.
The claim was unsuccessful. Blackburn J held that the doctrine of native title did not form part of the law of Australia as there had been peaceful settlement of unoccupied land (the fiction of terra nullius).
The Gove Land rights case was overturned by the Mabo case in 1992.
Voting age reduced to 18 in South Australia | 15 April 1971
ON 15 APRIL 1971, the voting age in South Australia was reduced to 18 by the SA Age of Majority (Reduction) Act 1971.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/num_act/aoma197015o1971299
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Ashington Piggeries Ltd v Christopher Hill Ltd [1972] 2 WLR 1051
Ashington Piggeries v Christopher Hill Ltd [1971] 2 WLR 1051; [1972] AC 441 (24 February 1971)
Click to access Ashington%20Piggeries.pdf
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1971 | Limitation Act
ON THIS DAY in 1969, the NSW Limitation Act 1969 commenced.
Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd [1970] EWCA Civ 2
ON THIS DAY in 1970, the England and Wales Court of Appeal delivered Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd [1971] 2 QB 163; [1971] 1 All ER 686; [1970] EWCA Civ 2.
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/1970/2.html
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Fiji independence | 1970
ON 10 OCTOBER 1970, the Republic of Fiji became an independent sovereign nation.
Click to access 1970_constitution.pdf
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