Rees v Sinclair
| Jurisdiction | New Zealand |
| Judgment Date | 1974 |
| Year | 1974 |
| Date | 1974 |
| Court | High Court |
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74 cases
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Saif Ali v Sydney Mitchell & Company
...of justice, and that is why I would not be prepared to include anything which does not come within the test I have stated." ( Rees v. Sinclair [1974] 1 NZLR 180, 187). 17I do not understand this formulation as suggesting an entirely new test, i.e. a double test requiring (a) intimate conne......
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- Acton v Graham Pearce & Company (A Firm)
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Attorney-General v Chapman Sc
...formulation of the test for inclusion of a case in any of the categories being Sir Thaddeus McCarthy P's proposition in Rees v Sinclair [1974] 1 NZLR 180, 187, “The protection should not be given any wider application than is absolutely necessary in the interests of the administration of ju......
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1 firm's commentaries
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Advocate's Immunity from Suit: Goddard Elliott (a firm) v Fritsch [2012] VSC 87
...Co v Simons [2002] 1 AC 615 6 The New Zealand Court of Appeal followed the House of Lords in approving the immunity in Rees v Sinclair [1974] 1 NZLR 180 and then revoking it in Lai v Chamberlain [2005] 3 NZLR 291 7 D'Orta-Ekenaike, per McHugh J at [188] 8 At [168] 9 As listed by McHugh J in......
2 books & journal articles
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Should advocates' immunity continue?
...to that of the advocate ought to receive the benefit of the immunity. In our view, this reasoning is forceful. (55) Rees v Sinclair [1974] 1 NZLR 180, 187 (McCarthy P), cited in Giannarelli (1988) 165 CLR 543, 560 (Mason (56) (1988) 165 CLR 543, 559-60. Wilson and Brennan JJ also adopted th......
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ADVOCATES' IMMUNITY FROM NEGLIGENCE ACTION
...Ltd [1964] AC 465. 3 Rondel v Worsley [1969] 1 AC 191. 4 Saif Ali v Sydney Mitchell & Co [1978] 3 All ER 1033. 5 Rees v Sinclair [1974] 1 NZLR 180. 6 Saif Ali, at p. 1039a. 7 Royal Commission on Legal Services, Cmnd 7648 (1979). 8 HC debate on Courts and Legal Ser-vices Bill (18th April, 19......