Outcome of the civil action against Esso arising out of the Longford explosion

Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-130

  Hopkins, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33947664906     PISSN: 08156409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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References (5)

1. Dawson, D and Brooks, B. The Esso Longford gas plant accident: report of the Longford Royal Commission. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer, June 1999.
2. Director of Public Prosecutions v Esso Australia Pty Ltd [2001] VSC 263 (30 July 2001).
3. Johnson Tiles Pty Ltd & Anor v Esso Australia Pty Ltd & Ors [2003] VSC 27 (20 February 2003).
4. The idea that someone might have a duty of care to others which is not enshrined in a contract goes back to Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562.
5. Batholomeusz, S. Can we risk the problems in insuring against breakdown of supply? The Age, Melbourne, 9 October 2002, p 3.