| Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd | |
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| Court | High Court of Australia |
| Decided | 24 March 1994 |
| Citations | [1994] HCA 13, (1994) 179 CLR 520 |
| Case history | |
| Prior actions | [1991] TASRp 15, [1991] Tas R 203 |
| Appealed from | Supreme Court (Tas) (Full Court) |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Mason CJ, Brennan, Deane, Dawson, Toohey, Gaudron & McHugh JJ |
| Case opinions | |
| (5:2) Authority liable to General Jones under ordinary principles of negligence; appeal dismissed. (per Mason CJ, Deane, Dawson, Toohey, Gaudron JJ) | |
Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd[1] is a tort law case from the High Court of Australia, which decided it would abolish the rule in Rylands v Fletcher,[2] and the ignis suus principle, incorporating them generally into the tort of negligence.
- ^ Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd [1994] HCA 13, (1994) 179 CLR 520 (24 March 1994), High Court.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Rylands v Fletcherwas invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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