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Taylor v Taylor

Case [1979] HCA 38 22 August 1979

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AGLC: Taylor v Taylor [1979] HCA 38
Case: [1979] HCA 38
Decision Date: 22 August 1979

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Taylor v Taylor [1979] HCA 38

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Hudson v Hudson [2020] VCC 187

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Mazi v Kao (No 3) (Notice to Vacate) [2025] VSC 630
Citation 1

…of natural justice, and these principles require the giving of a reasonable opportunity to dispute your opponent’s case and to present your own: Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1.…
Perpetual Corporate Trust Limited v Sambanis [2025] VSC 531
Citation 2

…ining the rights of the present parties. [109]International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, art 14.1. [110] Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1 at 4, 16; 25 ALR 418; 5 Fam LR 289; Re JRL; Ex parte CJL (1986) 161 CLR 342 at 350; 66 ALR 239 per Mason J; Dick v Piller [1943] 1 KB 497 at 499; Grimshaw v Dunbar [19…
Gleneagle Securities Nominees Pty Limited v Kirkham International Pte Limited [2025] NSWSC 934
Citation 3 (Para 27)

…This was not a situation where PT Borneo failed to appear and defend through no fault of its own: cf Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1 at 16 (Mason J) and 22 (Aickin J). Here, PT Borneo has not provided any satisfactory explanation for its non-appearance in the proceedings before Ball J in light of the notices filed…
STANHOPE and STANHOPE [2025] FCWA 157
Citation 4

…Person Guidelines (2001) FLC 93-072 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251 Stanhope and Stanhope [2023] FCWA 204 Stanhope and Stanhope [2025] FCWA 88 Taylor v Taylor (1979) FLC 90-674 Teo & Guan (2015) FLC 93-653 The State of Queensland and Anor v J L Holdings Pty Ltd (1997) 189 CLR 146…
Arnold v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2025] QDC 94
Citation 5 (Para 2)

…on Civil and Political Rights which was ratified by Australia in 1980. See also Cameron v Cole (1944) 68 CLR 571; Grimshaw v Dunbar (1953) 1 QB 408; Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 LLR 1.…
Green & Townsend [2025] FedCFamC2F 695
Citation 6 (Para 32)

…itled to a procedurally fair hearing. She has provided her evidence in chief to Mr Townsend and is ready to procced. He has not reciprocated. [2] See Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1, 20 (Murphy J).…
Mayer & Mayer (No 2) [2025] FedCFamC2F 586
Citation 7 (Para 27)

…ve an unfettered discretion. It is not a matter for the consent of the parties. The authorities including that of Taylor v Taylor [1979] HCA 38 and Barbey & Tuttle and [2013] FamCAFC 44 at [90] set out the criteria for determining these applications. ·Rule 10.13 is to be distinguished from s79A of the Family Law…
STANHOPE and STANHOPE [2025] FCWA 88
Citation 8

…v Q (No 2) (2023) 67 Fam LR 399 Pickford & Pickford [2024] FedCFamC1A 249 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251 Stanhope and Stanhope [2023] FCWA 204 Taylor v Taylor (1979) FLC 90-674 Teo & Guan [2015] FamCAFC 94 The State of Queensland and Anor v J L Holdings Pty Ltd (1997) 189 CLR 146…
Zhengzhou Lvdu Real Estate Group Co Ltd v Shu (No 2) [2025] NSWSC 405
Citation 9 (Para 55)

…cation until December 2024. This was not a situation where Ms Shu failed to appear and defend through no fault of her own: cf Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1 at 16 (Mason J) and 22 (Aickin J).…
Danielsen & Ticha [2025] FedCFamC1F 46
Citation 10 (Para 21)

…substantive orders made under s 79 of the Act given that such orders are deemed to be “full and final”.[2] [2] Taylor v Taylor (1979) FLC 90-674; [1979] HCA 38.…
Barbieri & Barbieri (No 2) [2024] FedCFamC1F 686
Citation 11

…8 Stanford v Stanford (2012) 247 CLR 108; [2012] HCA 52 Suiker and Suiker (1993) FLC 92-436 Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1; [1979] HCA 38 T & T [2003] FamCA 1066 Townsend and Townsend (1995) FLC 92-569 Trevi & Trevi (2018) FLC 93-858; [2018] FamCAFC 173 Number of paragraphs: 201 Date of hearing: 7–9 August 202…
Pacek & Saltzer (No 3) [2024] FedCFamC1F 680
Citation 12

…A. Salomon & Co Ltd [1897] AC 22 Secured Income Real Estate Australia Ltd v St Martins Investments Pty Ltd (1979) 144 CLR 596 Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1 Tepko Pty Ltd v Water Board (2001) 206 CLR 1 Trident General Insurance Co Ltd v McNiece Bros Pty Ltd (1988) 165 CLR 107 Verdon v Verdon (2020) 62 FamLR 573 Victori…
Fonti & Lodato [2024] FedCFamC2F 1294
Citation 13 (Para 42)

…for confining the application of that principle to cases where there has been a failure to serve the process or give other appropriate notice. [8] Taylor v Taylor (1979) FLC 90-674, at page 78-599.…
Carello (Trustee), in the matter of Cardaci (Bankrupt) [2024] FedCFamC2G 550
Citation 14 (Para 9)

…the orders made being set aside, notwithstanding s 37 of the Act, see Cameron v Cole [1944] HCA 5; (1944) 68 CLR 571 at 584, 589, 607; Taylor v Tylor [1979] HCA 38; (1979) 143 CLR 1 at 6-9, 10, 16, 22; Robson, supra at [15].…
Blowfield v Centacare Evolve Housing Limited [2024] TASSC 27
Citation 15

…5 CLR 499 Logan v Director of Housing [2004] TASSC 153, 13 Tas R 324 O'Neill v Schlatter [1998] QCA 175 Parsons v Director of Housing [2018] TASSC 62 Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1 Ybanez v Love [2021] QCA 224…
Haimes & Maisel [2024] FedCFamC2F 642
Citation 16 (Para 7)

…] I am satisfied that Ms Maisel has been given an adequate opportunity to appear in these proceedings and put her position before the court. [33] See Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1, 20 (Murphy J).…
Beale & Harvie (No 2) [2024] FedCFamC1A 41
Citation 17

…Services and Multicultural Affairs (2023) 97 ALJR 419; [2023] HCA 15 Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1; [1979] HCA 38 Number of paragraphs: 87 Date of hearing: 21 March 2024 Place: Melbourne The Appellant: Litigant in person (did not participate) Counsel for the Respondent: Mr Higgins Solicitor for the Responden…
Monfort & Bade [2024] FedCFamC1F 16
Citation 18

…neral (2015) 89 NSWLR 284 Ravasini & Ravasini (1983) FLC 91-312 Slapp & Slapp (1989) FLC 92-022; [1982] FamCA 9 Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1 Whisprun Pty Ltd v Dixon (2003) 200 ALR 447 Division: Division 1 First Instance Number of paragraphs: 178 Date of hearing: 23 November 2022, 17 January 2023, 18 January 20…
Adamo & Vinci (No 4) [2023] FedCFamC1F 1100
Citation 19

…amlin (1984) FLC 91-576; [1984] FamCA 62 SPS & PLS (2008) FLC 93-363; [2008] FamCAFC 16 Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1l [1979] HCA 38 Trewitt & Brock [2021] FedCFamC1A 9 Vinci & Adamo [2021] FedCFamC1A 53 Whisprun Pty Ltd v Dixon (2003) 200 ALR 447 Division: Division 1 First Instance Number of paragraphs: 138…
Pipicella v Renewable Energy Australia Pty Ltd [2023] FedCFamC2G 1167
Citation 20 (Para 24)

…re a person can be adversely affected by judicial order, he or she must be afforded an adequate opportunity to be heard.[13] [13] See Taylor v Taylor (1970) 143 CLR 1.…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Makoi (No 4) [2023] ACTSC 338
Citation 21

…integrity of a trial in progress or about to start’”: Keeley v Brooking [1979] HCA 28; 143 CLR 1 at 173 – 174; see also European Asian Bank AG v Wentworth (1986) 5 NSWLR 445 at 452. The present is not such a case. 12․An alternative to the commencement of contempt proceedings would be for consideration to be…
Mineral Resources Limited v Vlajsavljevich [2023] WASC 415
Citation 22 (Para 10)

…ts orders unless that jurisdiction is displaced by statute.[40] [39] Plaintiff's 'Examination Order' submissions filed 28 July 2023 [10]. [40] Citing Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1, 16.…
Beale & Harvie [2023] FedCFamC1A 181
Citation 23

…and Lloyd and Child Representative (2000) FLC 93-045 Lorde & Chu [2014] FamCAFC 228 Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1; [1979] HCA 38 Number of paragraphs: 17 Date of hearing: 23 October 2023 Place: Newcastle (via Microsoft Teams) The Appellant: Litigant in person (did not participate) Solicitor for the Respondent…
Gup v YNM [2023] QDC 185
Citation 24 (Para 32)

…ings heard in his or her presence and that justice to both parties required that each party should be entitled to present his or her case.”[8] [8](1979) 143 CLR 1, 15-16.…
Matten & Munayallan [2023] FedCFamC1A 147
Citation 25

…yallan (No.11) [2023] FedCFamC1F 601 Scott & Munayallan (No.12) [2023] FedCFamC1F 665 Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1; [1979] HCA 38 Number of paragraphs: 49 Date of hearing: 1 September 2023 Place: Sydney The Appellant: Litigant in person (did not participate) The First Respondent: Litigant in person (did not…
MORTIMER and MORTIMER (DISCHARGE OF SINGLE EXPERT WITNESS) [2023] FCWA 177
Citation 26

…y Ltd v Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 Muldoon and Carlyle (2012) FLC 93-513 Nagel v Clay (2020) 60 Fam LR 550 Re P’s Bill of Costs (1982) FLC 91-255 Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1…
Inglis & Torres [2023] FedCFamC1F 677
Citation 27

…] FamCA 1346 Phillips & Hansford (No.2) (2019) FLC 93-917; [2019] FamCAFC 165 Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1; [1979] HCA 38 Division: Division 1 First Instance Number of paragraphs: 59 Date of hearing: 14 August 2023 Place: Sydney The Applicant: Litigant in person (did not participate) Counsel for the Responde…
Rader & Haines (No 2) [2023] FedCFamC1A 115
Citation 28

…0) FLC 93-037; [2000] FamCA 881 Public Trustee v Gilbert (1991) FLC 92-211; [1991] FamCA 10 Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1; [1979] HCA 38 Taylor & Tay lor (1977) FLC 90-226; [1977] FamCA 31 Waterman & Waterman (2017) FLC 93-762; [2017] FamCAFC 23 Number of paragraphs: 134 Date of hearing: 29 June 2023 Place: S…
Endless Solar Corporation Limited v Australian Securities and Investments Commission, in the matter of Speedpanel Australia Ltd [2023] FCA 720
Citation 29 (Para 8)

…y” which would entitle a person aggrieved to set aside an order as a matter of unconditional right. (See Cameron v Cole (at 591); Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1 at 16.)…
Fierro & Fierro (No 8) [2023] FedCFamC1F 336
Citation 30

…ter for Immigration and Citizenship (2007) 232 CLR 189; [2007] HCA 35 Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1; [1979] HCA 38 Vadisanis & Vadisanis (2015) FLC 93-671; [2015] FamCAFC 180 Wentworth v Rogers (No 5) (1986) 6 NSWLR 534 Yacoub v Pilkington (Aust) Ltd [2007] NSWCA 290 Division: Division 1 First Instance Number…
Cavar v Australian Unity Home Care Services Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 387
Citation 31 (Para 27)

…inherent power to set aside an order made against a person who did not have a reasonable opportunity to appear and present his case: Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1 at 8 per Gibbs J.…
Application of Doolan [2023] NSWSC 320
Citation 32

…Trust Company Fiduciary Services Limited [2009] NSWSC 912 Taylor v Taylor (1870) LR 10 Eq 477 Thomas A Edison Ltd v Bullock (1912) 15 CLR 679; [1912] HCA 72 Thompson v Gamble; Gamble v Thompson [2010] NSWSC 878 Todd Hadley Pty Ltd v Lake Maintenance (NSW) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] NSWCA 81 Wang v Cai (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 1268…
Goldsmith & Stinson (No 2) [2023] FedCFamC1A 25
Citation 33

…1983) FLC 91-312; [1982] FamCA 62 Slapp & Slapp (1989) FLC 92-022; [1989] FamCA 9 Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1; [1979] HCA 38 Turagadamudamu v PMP Ltd (2009) 75 NSWLR 397; [2009] NSWCA 120 Number of paragraphs: 144 Date of hearing: 2 November 2022 Place: Heard in Brisbane, delivered in Sydney Counsel for the…
Haines & Rader (No 5) [2023] FedCFamC1F 132
Citation 34

…tee v Gilbert (1991) FLC 92-211 Ramsey & Ramsey (1983) FLC 91-301; [1982] FamCA 42 Taylor & Taylor (1979) FLC 90-674; 143 CLR 1 Division: Division 1 First Instance Number of paragraphs: 136 Date of hearing: 3 March 2023 Place: Sydney Solicitor for the Applicant: Dettmann Phair Lawyers Counsel for the Respond…
Magiera v Cekan [2023] SASC 20
Citation 35 (Para 2)

…David; Estate of Dawn Audrey Day (Deceased) [2005] NSWSC 1166 [28]; Re Barraclough, Deceased [1967] P1, 11; Re Izett [1982] 2 NZLR 425, 427-429. [15] Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1, 4-5, 7-8, 20 and 22.…
Fierro & Fierro (No 6) [2023] FedCFamC1A 18
Citation 36

…] HCA 40 CDJ v VAJ (1998) 197 CLR 172; [1998] HCA 76 Hsiao v Fazarri (2020) 270 CLR 58; [2020] HCA 35 Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1; [1979] HCA 38 Number of paragraphs: 16 Date of hearing: 23 February 2023 Place: Newcastle (via video link) The Applicant: Litigant in person The First Respondent: Litigant in pe…
Lahiri & Saha (No 4) [2023] FedCFamC1F 182
Citation 37 (Para 22)

…nherent jurisdiction in a Court to reconsider those orders. See the discussion of that issue by the High Court of Australia in Taylor v Taylor [1979] 143 CLR 1.…
Haines & Rader (No 3) [2022] FedCFamC1F 1007
Citation 38

…& Rader (No 2) [2022] FedCFamC1F 685 Lenijamar Pty Ltd & Ors v AGC (1990) 98 ALR 200 Leslighter & Fitzgerald-Stevens (2012) 47 FamLR 384 Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1 Wilkes and Wilkes (1981) FLC 91-060 Division: Division 1 First Instance Number of paragraphs: 63 Date of hearing: 19 December 2022 Place: Sydney Counse…
Macdermott & Grant [2022] FedCFamC1F 997
Citation 39 (Para 31)

…Even if exceptional circumstances was not be a proper finding, the decision of Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1, is authority for the proposition that there is an inherent power to set aside an order made where a person has not been given an opportunity to appear and present his case.…
Pender & Pender [2022] FedCFamC2F 1716
Citation 40 (Para 30)

…] I am satisfied that Mr Pender has been given an adequate opportunity to appear in these proceedings and put his position before the court. [10] See Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1, 20 (Murphy J).…
Gainor & Nance [2022] FedCFamC2F 1719
Citation 41 (Para 13)

…fore a matter can proceed on an undefended basis, the Court must be satisfied that all parties to the proceeding have had an opportunity to be heard: Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1.…
Huang v Green Slips Direct Pty Ltd trading as Australian Motor Traders (NSW) [2022] NSWDC 605
Citation 42

…A agreed) (holding that the principles stated in Vacuum Oil have not materially been affected by the reasoning of the High Court in Taylor v Taylor [1979] HCA 38; 143 CLR 1, and Allesch v Maunz [2000] HCA 40; 203 CLR 172).”…
Zamir & Zamir [2022] FedCFamC1A 193
Citation 43

…] FCA 1277 Schwarzkopff and Schwarzkopff (1992) FLC 92-303; [1992] FamCA 30 Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1; [1979] HCA 38 Tongahai v The Queen (2014) 241 A Crim R 217; [2014] NSWCCA 81 Number of paragraphs: 70 Date of hearing: Heard by way of written submissions Place: Sydney Counsel for the Appellant: Mr Rich…
SCVG & Estate of KLD (No 5) [2022] FedCFamC1F 818
Citation 44

…3 R v Forbes; ex parte Bevan (1972) 127 CLR 1 SCVG v Estate of KLD (Dec’d) (No 3) [2020] FamCA 176 SCVG & KLD [2018] FamCA 27 Taylor v Taylor (1979) 5 FamLR 289 Wentworth v Rogers (No 5) (1986) 6 NSWLR 534 Division: Division 1 First Instance Number of paragraphs: 162 Date of hearing: 8–10 February 2022 Place: Canberra So…
Paviello & Paviello (No 2) [2022] FedCFamC1F 795
Citation 45 (Para 19)

…as been eclipsed by the phrase “procedural fairness” as was held in Allesch v Maunz (2000) 203 CLR 172, Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1, 4, 16; Re JRL, ex parte CJL (1986) 161 CLR 342, 350, Dick v Piller [1943] KB 497, 499, Grimshaw v Dunbar [1953] 1 QB 408, 412 and International Finance Trust Company Ltd v New South Wa…
SDCV v Director-General of Security [2022] HCA 32
Citation 46 (Para 10)

…03 at 416 [17]. [100] Cameron v Cole (1944) 68 CLR 571 at 589; Commissioner of Police v Tanos (1958) 98 CLR 383 at 395‑396; Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1 at 4; Condon v Pompano Pty Ltd (2013) 252 CLR 38 at 99 [156]. [101] Cameron v Cole (1944) 68 CLR 571 at 589; Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1 at 4. [102] Condo…
MNX (a pseudonym) v TNV (a pseudonym) [2022] VSC 592
Citation 47

…[30][2015] FCAFC 87, [37], citing Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1; Re JRL; Ex parte CJL (1986) 161 CLR 342, 350 (Mason J); Allesch v Maunz (2000) 203 CLR 172, 184-185 (Kirby J).…
Department of Communities and Justice & Hays [2022] FedCFamC1F 752
Citation 48 (Para 20)

…him. It may very well be that there are similar legal principles in the United Kingdom to those enunciated by the High Court of Australia in Taylor v Taylor (1979) FLC 90 - 674, that there is (at least) an inherent power in the England court to set aside orders having been made without having heard from both sides, or t…
Rosic & Rosic [2022] FedCFamC2F 1285
Citation 49 (Para 13)

…0] I am satisfied that Mr Rosic has been given an adequate opportunity to appear in these proceedings and put his position before the court. [30] See Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1, 20 (Murphy J).…
KJW v PQV [2022] QDC 200
Citation 50

…onal Companies and Securities Commission v The News Corporation Limited (1984) 156 CLR 296 R v Tait [1999] 2 Qd R 667 Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1 APPEARANCES: Appellant self-represented First respondent self-represented Morrison K of Queensland Police Service Legal Unit for the second respondent…

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