HCA: Voixx class action Special Leave application declined

Peterson v Merck Sharp & Dohme (Australia) Pty Ltd [2012] HCATrans 105 (11 May 2012)

Further to my earlier post – the High Court declined the Special Leave application on the causation finding ending the class action. I refer you to the transcript and in particular the continuing discussion of the U.K and Canadian decisions of:

• ·         McGhee v The National Coal Board [1972] UKHL 7; [1973] 1 WLR 1,
• ·         Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd [2002] UKHL 22; [2003] 1 AC 32
• ·         Barker v Corus [2006] UKHL 20; [2006] 2 AC 572 and
• ·         Resurface Corp v Hanke [2007] 1 SCR 333

Brisbane Barrister – David Cormack