Talk:Tort law in Australia

message: This article has serious issues. Many of the claims made in the article are incorrect, uncited, irrelevant, and inaccurate. Substantial work needs to be done to re-organise this article and raise it to a quality that would be useful to a person interested in Australian Tort Law.
I've summarized the opening sections of the article. I will begin refactoring out a large amount of the content of this article into separate pages as well. (For example, the list of torts; which is unnecessary for this page, and furthermore contains numerous errors.) Jack4576 (talk) 06:08, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problems 

message: It would be useful to discuss the no fault schemes eg third party motor vehicle insurance. Sambo 09:05, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Statutory "no fault" schemes 

message: SCAG was going to implement uniform defamation laws, and Queensland implemented, but I don't know about any other states/territories.  This should also be noted.  Sambo 09:05, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uniform defamation law 

message: The discussion is pretty elementary.  We should add links to the acts, and a more substantial discussion of the reforms.  Also, I think it's patently incorrect to say, as the introduction asserts, that the various Civil Liability Acts codify the common law - the common law meanings and doctrines remain extant. Sambo 09:05, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Civil liability reform 

message: The preliminary discussion including consideration of international case law needs to be referenced - in what case did the High Court decide that? Sambo 09:07, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well spotted, although if I were to hazard a guess, I would say look at some of Kirby J's judgments. enochlau (talk) 09:16, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Can't have been Kirby J, because he's in favour of eg interpreting the Constitution by specifically taking account of international jurisprudential developments.  I'd just like to know (and its appropriate to cite) the source, if there is one. Sambo 10:02, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Solved! Sambo 12:13, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs citation 

message: Any body wanting to open pages for Tort Law for each state. E.g. WA Tort Law, NSW Tort Law etc...We have significantly different statutory provisions and are different jurisdictions. WASC isn't binded by the decisions of the NSWSC. Any one up for this? Tarins01 11:16, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think we have enough material (and enough editors) to make this viable. I would suggest continuing to add material to this article and we split stuff off as necessary when it becomes too long. enochlau (talk) 11:56, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: would you want to start with introducing headings as a starter? Tarins01 12:18, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  What do you mean by introducing headings? Where? enochlau (talk) 12:44, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

text: There isn't any substantive difference between the common law in each state anyway, because of the effect that High Court decisions have on the common law.  As to the recent statutory reforms - yes, there are subtle differences in each state's legislation, but their effect is substantially the same.  To the extent that the reforms affect the common law in that state (and, because the CLAs aren't a codification of the law, I can't see any dramatic shifts coming), they are similar enough that if judicially considered the reasoning of one state's court will be persuasive (and likely followed) in another.  At best, I think the differences are too subtle to be of any use except to a minute group.  Sambo 16:12, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Separate Laws

message: Hey all - new user, novice on wiki, made some changes to Invasion of Privacy, still needs a heavy clean up. Bit worried about some of NPOV: are there any sources for the stuff about strong companies and weak plaintiff's (yeah, we all know its true, but need something to back it up.) - MojoTas 07:05, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Invasion of Privacy