AustLII's 'Top 20' Cases 1998

Accesses

1 9778 Patrick Stevedores Operations No 2 Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia [1998] HCA 30 (4 May 1998) (Industrial law)

2 8908 Maritime Union of Australia & Others v Patrick Stevedores No. 1 Pty Ltd (under administration) (ACN 003 621 645) & Others [1998] 378 FCA (21 April 1998) (Industrial law)

3 9118 The Wik Peoples v The State of Queensland & Ors; The Thayorre People v The State of Queensland & Ors (1996) (native title)

4 8245 Mabo and Others v Queensland (No. 2) (1992) 175 CLR 1 F.C. 92/014 (native title)

5 7757 Kartinyeri v The Commonwealth [1998] HCA 22 (1 April 1998) (`The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Case' )

6 6236 Garcia v National Australia Bank Limited [1998] HCA 48 (6 August 1998) (Equity - Wife guaranteed debts of husband's company as a volunteer)

7 4329 Pyrenees Shire Council v Day; Eskimo Amber Pty Ltd v Pyrenees Shire Council[1998] HCA 3 (23 January 1998) - (Negligence - Duty of care - Omission by public authority to exercise statutory powers )

8 3992 Qantas Airways Limited v Christie [1998] HCA 18 (19 March 1998) (Industrial Law - Termination of Employment)

9 3733 Patrick Stevedores Operations No. 2 Pty Ltd & Ors v Maritime Union of Australia & Ors [1998] 397 FCA (23 April 1998) (Industrial law) -

10 3523 Hill trading as R F Hill & Associates v Van Erp - High Court of Australia - 1997 (Negligence - Duty of care - Proximity - Failure of solicitor to ensure that spouse of beneficiary did not witness execution of will)

11 3519 Northern Sandblasting Pty Ltd v Harris - High Court of Australia - 1997 (Negligence - Duty of care - Personal injury - Leased premises)

12 3496 The Commonwealth Of Australia v. Tasmania. (1983) 158 CLR 1 - (`The Tasmanian Dam Case')

13 3455 Malcom Thomas Green v The Queen - High Court of Australia - 1997 (Criminal Law - Murder - Provocation )

14 3339 Duke Group Ltd (In Liq) v Pilmer & Ors[1998] 6529 SASC (30 January 1998) -

15 3214 Newcrest Mining (WA) Limited v The Commonwealth of Australia - HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA - (Constitutional law - Commonwealth powers)

16 3190 Alec Kruger & Ors v The Commonwealth of Australia; George Ernest Bray & Ors v The Commonwealth of Australia - High Court of Australia - Matter No M21 of 1995

17 3125 Esanda Finance Corporation Limited v Peat Marwick Hungerfords (Reg) - High Court of Australia - 1997 (Negligence - Duty of care - Proximity) -

18 3050 In The Matter Of : B And B: Family Law Reform Act 1995 - Full Court of the Family Court Of Australia - 1997

19 2783 JULIE BREEN v CHOLMONDELEY W WILLIAMS - High Court of Australia - 1996 (Medicine)

20 2699 Patrick Stevedores Operations No 2 Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia [1998] HCA 32 (6 May 1998) - (Procedure - Stay of injunction) -

1	9778	Patrick Stevedores Operations No 2 Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia [1998] HCA 30 (4 May 1998) (Industrial law)
2	8908	Maritime Union of Australia & Others v Patrick Stevedores No. 1 Pty Ltd (under administration) (ACN 003 621 645) & Others [1998] 378 FCA (21 April 1998) (Industrial law)
3	9118	The Wik Peoples v The State of Queensland & Ors; The Thayorre People v The State of Queensland & Ors (1996) (native title)
4	8245	Mabo and Others v Queensland (No. 2) (1992) 175 CLR 1 F.C. 92/014 (native title)
5	7757	Kartinyeri v The Commonwealth [1998] HCA 22 (1 April 1998) (`The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Case' )
6	6236	Garcia v National Australia Bank Limited [1998] HCA 48 (6 August 1998) (Equity - Wife guaranteed debts of husband's company as a volunteer)
7	4329	Pyrenees Shire Council v Day; Eskimo Amber Pty Ltd v Pyrenees Shire Council[1998] HCA 3 (23 January 1998) - (Negligence - Duty of care - Omission by public authority to exercise statutory powers )
8	3992	Qantas Airways Limited v Christie [1998] HCA 18 (19 March 1998) (Industrial Law - Termination of Employment)
9	3733	Patrick Stevedores Operations No. 2 Pty Ltd & Ors v Maritime Union of Australia & Ors [1998] 397 FCA (23 April 1998) (Industrial law) -
10	3523	Hill trading as R F Hill & Associates v Van Erp - High Court of Australia - 1997 (Negligence - Duty of care - Proximity - Failure of solicitor to ensure that spouse of beneficiary did not witness execution of will)
11	3519	Northern Sandblasting Pty Ltd v Harris - High Court of Australia - 1997 (Negligence - Duty of care - Personal injury - Leased premises)
12	3496	The Commonwealth Of Australia v. Tasmania. (1983) 158 CLR 1 - (`The Tasmanian Dam Case')
13	3455	Malcom Thomas Green v The Queen - High Court of Australia - 1997 (Criminal Law - Murder - Provocation )
14	3339	Duke Group Ltd (In Liq) v Pilmer & Ors[1998] 6529 SASC (30 January 1998) -
15	3214	Newcrest Mining (WA) Limited v The Commonwealth of Australia - HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA - (Constitutional law - Commonwealth powers)
16	3190	Alec Kruger & Ors v The Commonwealth of Australia; George Ernest Bray & Ors v The Commonwealth of Australia - High Court of Australia - Matter No M21 of 1995
17	3125	Esanda Finance Corporation Limited v Peat Marwick Hungerfords (Reg) - High Court of Australia - 1997 (Negligence - Duty of care - Proximity) -
18	3050	In The Matter Of : B And B: Family Law Reform Act 1995 - Full Court of the Family Court Of Australia - 1997
19	2783	JULIE BREEN v CHOLMONDELEY W WILLIAMS - High Court of Australia - 1996 (Medicine)
20	2699	Patrick Stevedores Operations No 2 Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia [1998] HCA 32 (6 May 1998) - (Procedure - Stay of injunction) -