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[2004] VSC 46
Supreme Court of Victoria
2004-02-25
Balmford J
Original judgment source is linked above.
[1] [1986] HCA 33; (1986) 162 CLR 1 at 7
[8] [1956] VicLawRp 6; [1956] VLR 38 at 41
[9] [1962] VicRp 48; [1962] VR 346 at 351-2
[10] [1956] UKHL 1; [1956] AC 613 at 621
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As Dixon J pointed out in Betts v Whittingslowe [1945] HCA 31; (1945) 71 CLR 637 at 649, albeit in relation to a statutory duty, "breach of duty coupled with an accident of the kind that might thereby be caused is enough to justify an inference, in the absence of any sufficient reason to the contrary, that in fact the accident did occur owing to the act or omission amounting to the breach".
(1945) 71 CLR 637
(1986) 162 CLR 1
(1985) 60 ALR 68