Australia Leading Case uncategorized

McKain v R W Miller & Co (SA) Pty Ltd

[1991] HCA 56; (1991) 174 CLR 1

JurisdictionAustralia

CourtHigh Court of Australia

Year1991

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Statutes of limitation are procedural for choice-of-law purposes and so are governed by the lex fori, not the law of the place of the tort.

Stevens v Head [1993] HCA 19; (1993) 176 CLR 433

Breavington v Godleman [1988] HCA 40; (1988) 169 CLR 41

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