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Regie Nationale des Usines Renault SA v Zhang

(2002) 210 CLR 491
JurisdictionAustralia
CourtHigh Court of Australia
Year2002
StatusBinding authority

Summary

The High Court of Australia extended the lex loci delicti rule to international torts, holding that the law of the place of the tort governs substantive rights in Australian proceedings.

Key Principle

The HCA extended the choice-of-law rule in Pfeiffer to international torts: the lex loci delicti governs the substantive rights of the parties in an international tort claim heard in Australia.

Area of Law

procedure

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