Negligence – Duty of care – Statutory authority for stevedoring industry – Worker directed to places of work involving risk of injury – Whether duty to take affirmative action to protect worker – Factors relevant to determination of existence of duty.
Statutes – Interpretation – Transfer of liabilities from one statutory authority to another – Meaning of "liabilities and obligations" – Whether includes inchoate causes of action.
Words and phrases – "liabilities and obligations".
Stevedoring Industry Act 1949 (Cth), s 13(a).
Stevedoring Industry Act 1956 (Cth), ss 8, 17(1)(a), 17(1)(d), 17(1)(1), 17(1)(o), 17(1)(p), 17(2), 17(3), 18(1), 20, 23(4), 25(b), 25(e), 28(b)(i), 33(1), 33(2), 35, 36(1).
Stevedoring Industry Acts (Termination) Act 1977 (Cth), ss 14(a), 14(b), 15.
Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee Act 1977 (Cth).