Maxwell v Murphy [1957] HCA 7

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On Appl 28 Cons Appl fpelmce py Avg oan ws Si Dist Ppl Figacd Charles David Esa ylation, ee cam | Une Pp tiay* i FiBrreavB & ee Soulig ALRTI2 1B FCR37" Mea | Hamhond Bak Po tid Gn Ce ers 369 OE 139 [1984] VR 40 4G 91 offi ik i 67 ae 52 96 C.L.R.] OF AUSTRALIA. 261 Appl Foll Pitt ok 4 Fel Appl 'Aural [o ae Sine Phe Ris ne 7 ian Tongue Ke, falerson de er Fees ios 1 Rabem oe Repaiation eee, Beak ie 4 atte 210 Lidv Mane. ie Seeete VALD oat 4g, pee (esr WAR 2 Nee) Re 17 Cons fama, 2B: Pe = F att Foll 'Appl BHB COPS Dizon Muswellbrook Bepy Cor Fol 'll Appl GARD yPauteche, cae Goniissioner Qitolasy Kern AS? Beare Bohudge ay Due & MESO" HER 6 Franchises y — Jon orporate ens ere Wii Gis Ga) HRA, ee Fol) [HIGH COURT OF AUsiRALIA.] Appl Appl Cons (nah ford pena, Green v Davies NPP! south iconee Bejtheer sy ales, Sate Aus Elo AXWELL ee iin Aomorr ont; AER Pome PLAINTIFF, ae je 46 cour com ah) Gabe 30 ae AD uth Sun 4o ACrimR 426 Z Win Wales Ste ic ppl Py tic Bae MURPHY Re ctinas (Ci, Director WiRyis RESPONDENT. p04 Derrenpanr, SAS ath iss yi35 OCR Appl Bare Ref to Rodway vB Moons P irene ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME CouRT or — ARS haf ora ase NEW SOUTH WALES. Fat Compensation to Relatives—Statute—Retrospective operation—Action—Time for H.C. or A. ye ' commencement—Compensation to Relatives Act 1897-1946 (N.S.W.), s. 5— 1956-1957. ACLR0g Compensation to Relatives (Amendment) Act 1953 (N.S.W.), 8. 2 (a). Sey - 1956, Pe The Compensation to Relatives Act 1807-1946 (N.S8.W.) provided that every Perey, action under the Act should be commenced within twelve months of the death 4,,, 5 g, 8 of the deceased person. Section 2 (a) of the Compensation to Relatives (Amend- — Be Fou ment) Act 1953 (N.S.W.) amended the principal Act as from 16th December sTACH, 1953 by providing that the words twelve months be omitted and the words } I six years inserted. On 30th November 1954 the plaintiff brought an action ange ee in respect of the death of her husband on 19th March 1951 y Willi: sy Sra Held, by Dizon O.J., Williams, Kitto and Taylor JJ., Fullagar J. dissenting, _Pallagas' that the amendment did not operate to revive the plaintiff's right to maintain qtf0°9¢ Bo an action which had been barred from 19th March 1952. Fol i icchino e Principles relating to the retrospective operation of statutes, discussed. GD) 34. 'a gi (eee R. v. Chandra Dharma (1905) 2 K.B. 335, distinguished re Decision of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (Full Court) Maxwell R&2"¥ PP ration V- Murphy (1956) 8.R. (N.S.W.) 175; 73 W.N. 141, affirmed. Peta ies at Maierfor' C is97154 AppeaL from the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Ro ; prem. lia An action was brought in the Supreme Court of New South Wales fe jeter by Kitty Blanche Maxwell on behalf of herself and the two children BND of her marriage with Stuart Edward Maxwell, in which she claimed on damages in the sum of £10,000 from the defendant, Lionel William is Murphy, the allegation being that the defendant so negligently, 14 fe, unskilfully and carelessly drove a certain motor car on a public high- eas oo way along which her husband was then lawfully passing that her fl, 'inanicial nae dv Price oboe Andee Sess Grates! Weiner fisted (ON ey 32 Beran of Deparitent oy Publi Ried (PON. vy cl Jars betes see Re | Sarin, fae F ye 4 (bso Bers eine, ; Para sie A 005) 155 Ria Ms Seb bt Beat i) Me Cooper (2005) He el