Time to abolish the rule in Searle v Wallbank for negligence and nuisance claims
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Article Title | Time to abolish the rule in Searle v Wallbank for negligence and nuisance claims |
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ERA Journal ID | 33243 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Gray, Anthony |
Journal Title | Deakin Law Review |
Journal Citation | 13 (2), pp. 101-130 |
Number of Pages | 21 |
Year | 2008 |
Place of Publication | Melbourne, Australia |
ISSN | 1321-3660 |
1835-9264 | |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.deakin.edu.au/buslaw/law/dlr/pdf_files/vol13-iss2/4-gray.pdf |
Abstract | This paper concerns the rule created in the 1947 case of Searle v Wallbank, that the owner of an animal not known to be dangerous that allows it to escape and cause injury to those travelling nearby does not owe a duty of care to such travellers, and cannot be held liable in nuisance. The rule has been partly abrogated by statute in some Australian jurisdictions, and I argue that it should no longer be applied as part of the common law of tort in Australia. This is because it leads to arbitrary results, does not fit well with trends and developments in Australian tort law, and because the reasoning on which it is based, if ever applicable in Australia, is no longer applicable today. |
Keywords | Searle v Wallbank; highway liability; liability for animals; Trigwell |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 480605. Tort law |
Public Notes | Version of Record deposited with blanket permission of the Editor. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Law |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9yy30/time-to-abolish-the-rule-in-searle-v-wallbank-for-negligence-and-nuisance-claims
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