McDonald v FAI (NZ) General Insurance Company Ltd

JurisdictionNew Zealand
Date1999
CourtHigh Court
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6 cases
  • Gore v Justice Corporation Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • Full Federal Court (Australia)
    • Invalid date
  • Raylee Patricia Harley (Appellant) Robert McDonald (Respondent) Glasgow Harley (Appellant) Robert McDonald (Respondent)
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 10 April 2001
    ...against an order for costs which was made against them jointly and severally in the High Court by Giles J on 24 September 1998 ( [1999] 1 NZLR 583). The respondent has applied for special leave to cross-appeal against an order of the Court of Appeal which was made in same proceedings dismi......
  • Arundel Chiropractic Centre Pty Ltd v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 16 February 2001
    ...his instructions.’ 35 Speaking of the risk of exposure to costs by a lawyer in pursuit of a hopeless case, Giles J inMcDonald v FAI (NZ) General Insurance Co Ltd5 said this: ‘[T]he pursuit of a hopeless case upon instructions will not necessarily attract the liability. Neither will mere mis......
  • The Queen v Colin George Dunstan
    • Australia
    • Supreme Court of ACT
    • 2 May 2000
    ...(1993) 111 FLR 243 Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992) 175 CLR 1 R v L (1991) 174 CLR 379 McDonald v FAI (NZ) General Insurance Co Limited [1999] 1 NZLR 583 Boland v Yates Property Corporation Pty Ltd [1999] HCA 64 Carter v Northmore Hale Davy & Leake (1995) 183 CLR 121 Giannarelli v Wraith (19......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Should advocates' immunity continue?
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 28 No. 1, April - April 2004
    • 1 April 2004
    ...alerted Harley's legal advisers to consider carefully whether to maintain the proceeding: McDonald v FAI (NZ) General Insurance Co Ltd [1999] 1 NZLR 583, 587 (Giles J). The trial judge ordered Harley's barrister and solicitor to pay a significant part of Harley's costs on the basis that the......

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