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[1985] HCA 48
High Court of Australia
1985-07-01
Dawson JJ
Original judgment source is linked above.
For the reasons given by the Chief Justice and Deane J., I agree that, whatever questions may be raised by the context of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 S.A., there is nothing which is sufficiently compelling to require a departure from the plain meaning of the words used in s. 133. Accordingly, I am of the view that that section did apply to the contract for the carriage of the goods and that the appeal should be dismissed.
K & S Lake City Freighters Pty Ltd
Gordon & Gotch Ltd
High Court of Australia Gibbs C.J. Mason, Brennan, Deane and Dawson JJ. K & S Lake City Freighters Pty Ltd v Gordon & Gotch Ltd [1985] HCA 48