Doctrine guides
Australian Legal Doctrine Guides
Concise, citation-checked explainers of core Australian doctrines, each linked to the controlling authorities so you can go straight to the judgment.
- Duty of Care in Australian Negligence Law: Tests and Categories
When does a duty of care arise in Australian negligence? Established categories, the salient-features test for novel duties, and the role of foreseeability.
- Knowing Assistance in Australia — the Second Limb of Barnes v Addy
When is a third party liable for assisting a breach of trust in Australia? The elements of knowing assistance and the Baden knowledge scale, explained.
- Breach of Confidence in Australia: Elements, Tests and Remedies
Breach of confidence in Australia: the Australian four-element framework, leading High Court authorities, and available remedies.
- The Interlocutory Injunction Test in Australia — Beecham and O’Neill
When will an Australian court grant an interlocutory injunction? The two-stage test — prima facie case and the balance of convenience — explained.
- When Prize Money Is Ordinary Income — Commissioner of Taxation v Stone
When are an athlete’s prize money, grants and sponsorship assessable as ordinary income in Australia? The test for prizes and winnings as income, explained.
- Relevant Considerations in Judicial Review — Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend
The “failure to consider relevant considerations” ground of judicial review in Australia — when it applies, and Mason J’s five guiding propositions.
- Mistaken Payments in Australian Law — Property, Restitution and Trusts
What happens to money paid by mistake in Australia — when property passes, when the payer can recover it in restitution, and when a trust arises.
These guides were generated by Barrister AI from the primary authorities they link. They are general information, not legal advice — verify every proposition against the linked judgments before relying on it.