Burns Philp & Co Ltd v Nelson & Robertson Pty Ltd [1958] HCA 61; (1958) 98 CLR 495 (11 March 1958)

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

BURNS PHILP & CO. LTD. v. NELSON & ROBERTSON PTY. LTD. [1958] HCA 61; (1958) 98 CLR 495

Shipping

High Court of Australia
Taylor J.(1)
Dixon C.J.(2), McTiernan(2), Williams(2), Webb(3) and Kitto(4) JJ.

CATCHWORDS

Shipping - Salvage - Limitation of Actions - Services rendered by another belonging to the same owner - Commencement of action - Two years from date of services rendered - Navigation Act 1912-1953 (Cth.), ss. 317, 396 (1).

HEARING

Sydney, 1957, November 20, 21. 21:11:1957
Melbourne, 1958, March 11. 11:3:1958

DECISION

The Leda (1856) Swab 40 (166 ER 1007)
The Mac (1882) 7 PD 126
The Mecca (1895) P 95
Ffrost v. Stevenson [1937] HCA 41; (1937) 58 CLR 528
The Miranda (1872) 3 LR Ecc & Ad 561
The Cargo ex Laertes (1887) LR 12 P 187
The Glenfruin (1885) 10 PD 103
The Beaverford v. The Kafiristan (1938) AC 136
The Susan V. Luckenbach v. Admiralty Commissioners (1951) P 197
The Cairnbahn (1914) P 25
Ellerman Lines Ltd. v. Murray (1931) AC 126
Llandovery Castle (1920) P 119
The Hesselmoor and The Sergeant (1951) 1 L1LR 146