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Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins

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Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins [2002] HCATrans 347

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Citation 1 (Para 123)

…The plaintiff accepts that there is a presumption against redundancy (or “surplusage”) (referring to Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins (2000) 105 FCR 476; [2000] FCA 1902 at [152]). However, the plaintiff argues that, in respect of “torrential style of drafting” particularly in respect of commercial leases, that presumption i…
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Citation 2 (Para 11)

…them an effect rather than a way in which makes them redundant: North v Marina [2003] NSWSC 64 at [45]; Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins [2000] FCA 1902; (2000) 105 FCR 476 at [152], [230]. That principle does not operate as an invariable rule. In some cases, it may be appropriate to interpret words in a way that makes them…
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Citation 3 (Para 21)

…40] the seed was not being sold as free of any weeds, as it was sold on the basis of a minimum purity[41]. [40](2003) 215 CLR 317. At first instance, (2000) 105 FCR 476. [41]Reasons below [192]-[196].…
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Citation 4 (Para 29)

…that CBA’s systems and processes were not appropriate at any particular time for the purposes of the allegations made in this proceeding: see Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins (2003) 215 CLR 317; [2003] HCA 51 at [67]–[71] (Gummow J, with whom McHugh and Heydon JJ agreed).…
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Citation 5 (Para 11)

…The FKP parties also referred to Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins [2000] FCA 1902; (2000) 105 FCR 476 at [152] in which Finkelstein J said: Speaking generally, it is not permissible to construe one part of a contract so as to render inoperative or as surplusage another part. In In re Strand Music Hall Co Ltd (1865) 35 Beav 1…
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Citation 6 (Para 152)

…s them an effect rather than a way in which makes them redundant: North v Marina [2003] NSWSC 64 at [45]; Davuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins [2000] FCA 1902, (2000) 105 FCR 476 at [152], [230]. That principle does not operate as an invariable rule. In some cases, it may be appropriate to interpret words in a way that makes the…
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Citation 7 (Para 27)

…ssion v Australasian Performing Rights Association Ltd (1973) 129 CLR 99 at 99. See also Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins (2000) 105 FCR 476 at [152] (Finkelstein J). [39] Mainteck Services Pty Ltd v Stein Heurtey SA (2014) 89 NSWLR 633 at [105] per Leeming JA (Ward and Emmett JJA agreeing). [40] Darlington Futures v Delco A…
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Citation 8 (Para 10)

…ment is an action in tort. It is not always possible to separate questions of liability from questions of damages in actions in tort: see for example Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins (2003) 215 CLR 317; [2003] HCA 51 at [142]. That is because the suffering of some damage is generally an element of the tort. It is true that the tort in qu…
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Citation 9 (Para 22)

…stage that it was, I consider that that relief can only be regarded as being final in nature. There is no such thing as an interlocutory declaration: Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins (2003) 215 CLR 317, 359 [127] (Kirby J), 363 [143] (Hayne and Callinan JJ); Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Cement Australia Pty Ltd [2014]…
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Citation 10

…ited Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins (2000) 105 FCR 476, discussed Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins (2003) 215 CLR 317, discussed East River Steamship Corp v Transamerica Delaval Inc 476 US 858 (1986), cited Esanda Finance Corp Ltd v Peat Marwick Hungerfords (1997) 188 CLR 241, cited Glanzer v Shepard 233 NY 236 (1922), cited Grant…
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Citation 11

…HCA 26 Axiak v Ingram (2012) 82 NSWLR 36; [2012] NSWCA 311 Boral Bricks Pty Ltd v Cosmidis (No 2 ) (2014) 86 NSWLR 393; [2014] NSWCA 139 Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins & Ors (2003) 215 CLR 317; [2003] HCA 51 Erwin v Iveco Trucks Australia Ltd (2010) 267 ALR 752; [2010] NSWCA 113 Goodsir v Al-Ko International Pty Ltd [2002] QSC 191 JA & BM B…
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Citation 12 (Para 5)

…t was granted (and in respect of which the applicant seeks to appeal) was declaratory relief. There is no such thing as an interlocutory declaration: Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins (2003) 215 CLR 317, 359 [127] (Kirby J), 363 [143] (Hayne and Callinan JJ); Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Cement Australia Pty Ltd [2014]…
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Citation 13 (Para 11)

…y who has expressly abandoned a point at trial to raise it afresh on appeal. Gyles J would have permitted such a course in Dovuro v Wilkins (2000) 105 FCR 476 at 527 [181] at least where the point involved no prejudice to the other party. Branson and Finkelstein JJ took the opposite view: 487–488 [38] and 508–509 [11…
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Citation 14 (Para 22)

…[51]: it is well established that the jurisdiction is only exercised for the correction of error: CFMEU v Alfred at 99 [88]; Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins (2000) 105 FCR 476, 487 [38]; Knight v Beyond Properties Pty Ltd (2007) 242 ALR 586, 590 – 591 [20]. Thus, whilst the Court must undertake a review of the findings of t…
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Citation 15 (Para 11)

…e that it was, I consider that that relief can only be regarded as being final in nature. There is no such thing as an interlocutory declaration: Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins (2003) 215 CLR 317, 359 [127] (Kirby J), 363 [143] (Hayne and Callinan JJ); Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Cement Australia Pty Ltd [2014] FCA…
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Citation 16 (Para 152)

…ves them an effect rather than a way in which makes them redundant: North v Marina [2003] NSWSC 64 at [45]; Davuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins [2000] FCA 1902, (2000) 105 FCR 476 at [152], [230]. That principle does not operate as an invariable rule. In some cases, it may be appropriate to interpret words in a way that makes t…
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Citation 17

…atyrko v Edith Cowan University [2005] HCA 14; (2005) 79 ALJR 839 Department of Housing and Works v Smith (No 2) [2010] WASCA 25; (2010) 41 WAR 217 Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins (2003) 215 CLR 317 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Joslyn v Berryman (2003) 214 CLR 552 Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd v Fox [2009] HCA 35; (2009) 240 CLR 1 L…
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Citation 18 (Para 152)

…consonant with the other provisions in the contract ( Chapmans Ltd v Australian Stock Exchange Ltd (1996) 67 FCR 402 at 411; Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins (2000) 105 FCR 476 at [152]; Zhang v ROC Services (NSW) Pty Ltd at [121] and [257]); (e) the evident purpose and object of the contract ( McCann v Switzerland Insurance…
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Citation 19

…Ltd v Chalk [1975] AC 520; [1975] 2 WLR 1 David Syme & Co Ltd v Grey (1992) 38 FCR 303; (1992) 115 ALR 247 Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins [2000] FCA 1902; (2000) 105 FCR 476 Downer Engineering Power Pty Ltd v P & H Minepro Australasia Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 318 Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd [2014]…
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Citation 20 (Para 45)

…lly, the words of a contract should be construed in a way that gives all of them meaning, and does not render parts inoperative (see Dovuro v Wilkins (2000) 105 FCR 476; [2000] FCA 1902 at [152], citing Re Strand Music Hall Co Ltd; Ex parte European and American Finance Co Ltd (1865) 35 Beav 153 at 159; 55 ER 853 at…
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Citation 21 (Para 160)

…he defendant was negligent. The plaintiff is required to show that the defendant was not acting reasonably in failing to take the alternative course: Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins (2003) 215 CLR 317; [2003] HCA 51 at [38].…
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Citation 22 (Para 30)

…lly, the words of a contract should be construed in a way that gives all of them meaning, and does not render parts inoperative (see Dovuro v Wilkins (2000) 105 FCR 476; [2000] FCA 1902 at [152], citing Re Strand Music Hall Co Ltd; Ex parte European and American Finance (1865) 35 Beav 153 at 159; 55 ER 853 at 856).…
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Citation 23 (Para 1)

…t in a way that gives all of them meaning, not in a way that involves regarding some of them as redundant. See, for example, Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins (2000) 105 FCR 476 at [152], [230]. However, as Ball J recognised in AFC Holdings Pty Ltd v Shiprock Holdings Pty Ltd (2010) 15 BPR 28, 199 at [13], that principle does…
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Citation 24 (Para 1)

…In Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins (2003) CLR 317 the High Court allowed an Appeal against the seller of canola seeds which had been found to have breached its duty of care to growers who had bought and sowed the seed which included a small percentage of weeds that the State Agricultural Authorities subsequently declared were a prohibit…
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Citation 25 (Para 34)

…"In Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins (2003) 215 CLR 315 at [34] McHugh J emphasised that…
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Citation 26

…tec Finance Pty Ltd (1966) 84 WN (Pt 1) (NSW) 557 Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins (2003) 215 CLR 317; [2003] HCA 51 Downey v Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific Pty Ltd [2005] QCA 199 Downs v Chappell [1997] 1 WLR 426 Elders Trustee & Executor Co Ltd v EG Reeves Pty Ltd (1987) 78 ALR 193 Elna Australia Pty Ltd v International Computers (Aust) P…
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Citation 27 (Para 6)

…Finkelstein J said in Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins ,[31] “to prove usage is not easy”. His Honour continued: [31] [2000] FCA 1902, [149]; (2000) 105 FCR 476, 516. In Nelson v Dahl (1879) 12 Ch D 568 at 575 Jessel MR described the existence of a usage as: “A question of fact, and, like all other customs, it must be strict…
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Citation 28 (Para 15)

…The appeal conferred by s 24 nevertheless remains a vehicle for the correction of error: Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins (2000) 105 FCR 476 at 487 per Branson J. In Poulet Frais Pty Ltd, their Honours there referred to earlier decisions and continued on to observe that these decisions: [45] … recognise that an appeal by way…
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Citation 29

…TEGORY: Principal judgment CASES CITED: Beaufort Developments (NI) Ltd v Gilbert-Ash NI Ltd [1999] 1 AC 266 Davuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins [2000] FCA 1902, (2000) 105 FCR 476 Dryden Construction Co Ltd v New Zealand Insurance Co Ltd [1959] NZLR 1336 North v Marina [2003] NSWSC 64 Re Strand Music Hall Co Ltd; Ex parte Europ…
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Citation 30 (Para 1)

…Mansell [1970] 1 WLR 333 at 335. There is some controversy about whether there can be an admission of such a matter: Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins (2003) 77 ALJR 1706 at 1719. An admission as to the existence and terms of an agreement is admissible, and in this case the admission, so far as it involved the application of a…
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Citation 31 (Para 3)

…party who has expressly abandoned a point at trial to raise it afresh on appeal. Gyles J would have permitted such a course in Dovuro v Wilkins (2000) 105 FCR 476 at 527 [181] at least where the point involved no prejudice to the other party. Branson and Finkelstein JJ took the opposite view: 487–488 [38] and 508–509…
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Citation 32 (Para 19)

…party who has expressly abandoned a point at trial to raise it afresh on appeal. Gyles J would have permitted such a course in Dovuro v Wilkins (2000) 105 FCR 476 at 527 [181] at least where the point involved no prejudice to the other party. Branson and Finkelstein JJ took the opposite view: 487-488 [38] and 508-509…
New South Wales v West [2008] ACTCA 14
Citation 33

…rgrave v Goldman (1963) 110 CLR 40 Goldman v Hargrave (1966) 115 CLR 458 Australian Safeway Stores Propriety Limited v Zaluzna (1987) 162 CLR 479 Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins (2003) 215 CLR 317 Capital & Counties PLC v Hampshire County Council [1997] QB 1004 Anns v Merton London Borough Council [1978] AC 728 Jaensch v Coffey (1984) 1…
G & M v Armellin [2008] ACTSC 68
Citation 34

…d v Wilkins (2003) 215 CLR 317 Jones v Sutherland Shire Council [1979] 2 NSWLR 206 O’Brien v Komesaroff (1982) 150 CLR 310 Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins (2000) 105 FCR 476 Chappel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232 CES v Superclinics (Australia) Pty Ltd (1995) 38 NSWLR 47 March v E & M.H Stramare Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 506 Donoghu…
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Citation 35 (Para 14)

…ng an admission on any relevant issue and that this, in general, must be determined by an examination of the words used: Smith 89 CLR at 535; see too Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins (2003) 215 CLR 317 at 340-341 [68]-[71] per Gummow J.…
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Citation 36 (Para 11)

…opriate test in determining that McPherson’s should have known of the particular dangers of asbestos (see at 209, [127]). The Court held, following Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins (2003) 215 CLR 317, that the appropriate test was that of a reasonable retailer in the position of McPherson’s (see at 204, [96]). The judge had not applied t…
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Citation 37 (Para 3)

…e trial will result in ‘savings in time and expense’ (see Tepko Pty Limited v Water Board (2001) 206 CLR 1 at [168] per Kirby and Callinan JJ and Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins (2003) 215 CLR 317 (‘ Dovuro ’) at [142] per Hayne and Callinan JJ) such that it is ‘just and convenient’ for the order to be made; see also Reading Australia P…
Jessup v Lawyers Private Mortgages Ltd [2006] QCA 432
Citation 38

…ouglas Pty Ltd v Lawyers Private Mortgages Pty Ltd [2006] FCA 520, QUD 115 of 2003, 12 May 2006, considered Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins [2000] FCA 1902; (2000) 105 FCR 476, cited Herdegen v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1988) 84 ALR 271, applied Knight & Keay v Haynes Duffell, Kentish & Co [2003] EWCA Civ 223, cited…
Council of the City of Sydney v Goldspar Australia Pty Limited [2006] FCA 641
Citation 39 (Para 4)

…e usually to be avoided (per Barwick CJ and Jacobs J in Neeta (Epping) Pty Limited v Phillips (1974) 131 CLR 286 at 307; per Hayne and Callinan JJ in Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins (2003) 215 CLR 317 at [143]; Warramunda Village Inc v Pryde (2001) 105 FCR 437; cf Warramunda Village Inc v Pryde (2002) 116 FCR 58 per Finkelstein J at [64…
Waters Lane Pty Ltd v Sweeney [2006] NSWSC 222
Citation 40

…y Ltd [2001] NSWCA 187 Commonwealth v Verwayen (1990) 170 CLR 394 Concut Pty Ltd v Worrell (2000) 176 ALR 693; [2000] HCA 64 Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins (2000) 105 FCR 476; [2000] FCA 1902 Egan v Geraghty (unreported, CA(Qld), 16/2/1994, Fitzgerald P, Pincus and Williams JJA, BC9404565) Egerton v Esplanade Hotels London…
Lafranchi v Transport Accident Commission [2006] VSCA 81
Citation 41

…[18]See Commonwealth v Martin (1985) 5 FCR 351 at 355; Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins (2000) 105 FCR 476 at 509 [119-120] per Finkelstein J cf. at 487-8 [38] per Branson J and at 527 [181] per Gyles J.…
Whitton v State of NSW [2005] NSWCA 97
Citation 42

…Pty Ltd v. Brambles Ltd (2004) 78 ALJR 907 Bankstown Foundry Pty Ltd v. Braistina (1986) 160 CLR 301 Dovuro Pty Limited v. Wilkins (2003) 77 ALJR 1706 Hamilton v. Nuroof (WA) Pty Ltd (1956) 96 CLR 18 Mount Isa Mines Ltd v. Pusey (1970) 125 CLR 383 Wyong Shire Council v. Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40 PARTIES: Maria Christin…
Ibrahim v Pham [2005] NSWSC 246
Citation 43

…(1991) 42 FCR 390 Cvetanoski v Filaria Pty Limited (2002) 171 FLR 194 Demagogue Pty Limited v Ramensky (1992) 39 FCR 31 Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins (2003) 77 ALJR 1706 DPC Estates Pty Limited v Grey and Consul Development Pty Limited [1974] 1 NSWLR 443 Duchess of Argyll v Beuselinck [1972] Lloyd's Rep 172 Grey v Aus…
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Citation 44

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Parissis v Bourke [2004] NSWCA 373
Citation 45

…4 Again, in Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins (2003) 215 CLR 317 at 329 [34], McHugh J emphasised that…
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Citation 46

…Dare v Pulham (1982) 148 CLR 658 referred to Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins (2003) 77 ALJR 1706 cited Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v Hall Russell & Co Ltd [1989] 1 AC 643 (‘The Esso Bernicia’) applied Fowles v Eastern and Australian Steamship Co Ltd (1913) 17 CLR 149 cited Fowles v Eastern and Australian Steamship Co Ltd [1916] 2…
New Zealand Pelt Export Co Ltd v Trade Indemnity New Zealand Ltd [2004] VSCA 163
Citation 47 (Para 1)

…at p.483; Coulton v Holcombe (1986) 162 CLR 1 at p.8; Whisprun Pty. Ltd. v. Dixon (2003) 77 ALJR 1598 at p.1608 [51-53]; Dovuro Pty. Ltd. v. Wilkins (2003) 77 ALJR 1706 at p.1733 [151].…
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Citation 48

…s also taken to the decisions of the High Court of Australia in Graham Barkley Oysters Pty Ltd v Ryan (2002) 211 CLR 540 and Devore Pty Ltd v Wilkins (2003) 77 ALJR 1706. It is said that a consideration of those cases demonstrates that a duty of care does not arise in this case. It is said that McPhersons had no contr…
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Citation 49

…Revenue (Vic) v Royal Insurance Australia Ltd (1994) 182 CLR 51 Commonwealth v McLean (1996) 41 NSWLR 389 Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins [2003] HCA 51; (2003) 77 ALJR 1706 Dovuro Pty Limited v Wilkins [2000] FCA 1902; (2000) 105 FCR 476 EMI (Australia) Ltd v Bes [1970] 2 NSWR 238 F D R Pty Ltd v Gilmore; Gilmore v Cecil…
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Citation 50

…uty Commissioner of Taxation (1988) 164 CLR 502 David Securities Pty Ltd v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1992) 175 CLR 353 Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins (2003) 77 ALJR 1706 Ex parte Elliott, Re Jermyn (1838) 3 Deac 343 Field v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1957) 99 CLR 285. , Foley v Classique Coaches Ltd [1934] 2 KB…

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