Torts Breach Notes - LAWS1203

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Highly detailed compiled lecture, readings and case notes for Breach section of Torts LAWS1203 ANU course. Content included: - Standard of Care - Breach Introduction – distinguishing ‘duty’ from ‘breach’ - Mason J’s test in Wyong Shire Council v Shirt - Civil Liability Act 2002 NSW - Cases and the Act – - Standard of Care – obvious risks - Introduction to the ‘Reasonable Person’ Introduction Cases included: (* cases = compulsory cases) - Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40. - *Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) v Dederer (2007) 234 CLR 330. - *Bolton v Stone [1951] AC 850. - Paris v Stepney Borough Council [1951] AC 367. - *Graham Barclay Oysters Pty Ltd v Ryan (2002) 211 CLR 540. - *Vairy v Wyong Shire Council (2005) 223 CLR 422. - *E v Australian Red Cross Society (1991) 27 FCR 310. - *McHale v Watson (1966) 115 CLR 199. - *Imbree v McNeilly (2008) 236 CLR 510