ON 3 MARCH 1959, the High Court delivered Jones v Dunkel [1959] HCA 8; (1959) 101 CLR 298 (3 March 1959).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1959/8.html
The unexplained failure of a party to use certain evidence may, in some circumstances, result in an inference that the evidence would not have assisted their case.
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ON 28 AUGUST 1958, the High Court of Australia delivered Unsworth v Commissioner for Railways [1958] HCA 41; (1958) 101 CLR 73 (28 August 1958).
An action for contribution is not in itself an action for damages but a statutory right of action assuming the existence of a liability in the party against whom the contribution is sought.
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ON 19 DECEMBER 1957, the High Court of Australia delivered Field v Commissioner for Railways for NSW [1957] HCA 92; (1957) 99 CLR 285 (19 December 1957).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/99clr285.html
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ON 28 NOVEMBER 1957, the High Court of Australia delivered McCosker v McCosker [1957] HCA 82; (1957) 97 CLR 566 (28 November 1957).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/97clr566.html
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ON 7 NOVEMBER 1956, the High Court of Australia delivered Transport Publishing Co Pty Ltd v Literature Board of Review [1956] HCA 73; (1956) 99 CLR 111 (7 November 1956).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/99clr111.html
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ON 20 SEPTEMBER 1956, the NSW Parliament enacted the Taronga Zoological Park Act 1956 No 19.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/tzpa1956n19264/
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ON 10 AUGUST 1956, the High Court of Australia delivered Hamilton v Nuroof (WA) Pty Ltd [1956] HCA 42; (1956) 96 CLR 18 (10 August 1956).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1956/42.html
The duty of care of a reasonably prudent employer is “a duty to take reasonble care to avoid exposing the employees to unnecessary risks of injury” (per Dixon CJ and Kitto J at 25) and “a duty to ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to provide a safe system of working” (per Fullagar J at 34).
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ON 16 JUNE 1956, the High Court of Australia delivered Holloway v McFeeters [1956] HCA 25; (1956) 94 CLR 470 (6 June 1956).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/94clr470.html
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ON 2 MARCH 1956, the High Court of Australia delivered R v Kirby; Ex parte Boilermakers’ Society of Australia (“Boilermakers’ case”) [1956] HCA 10; (1956) 94 CLR 254 (2 March 1956).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1956/10.html
The Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration was established under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904 (Cth). The court was vested it with federal executive powers under s51(xxv) of the Australian Constitution regarding “conciliation and arbitration for the prevention and settlement of industrial disputes extending beyond the limits of any one State”. The court also exercised federal judicial jurisdiction and power as a court under Chapter III of the Constitution.
The High Court ruled that the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration was unconstitutional because it conferred non-judicial functions on a Chapter III court.
The decision confirmed the doctrine of separation of powers in the Constitution by the rule that it is unconstitutional for non-judicial power to be conferred on a Chapter III court.
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Zuijs v Wirth Brothers Pty Ltd [1955] HCA 73; (1955) 93 CLR 561 (15 December 1955).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/93clr561.html
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