Imbree v McNeilly: A View from Singapore

• Main Author: GOH, Yihan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Driver education; Supreme Court decisions; duty of care; Singapore; Australia; Asian Studies; Courts; Legislation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1416; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3368/viewcontent/gyh_ImbreeMcNeillySingapore_2009.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In Imbree v. McNeilly, the High Court of Australia ruled that a learner driver is no longer to be held to the standard of a reasonable but unqualified (and inexperienced) driver in negligence claims. It is the modest aim of this case note to show that Imbree, while a decision on a narrow point, in f...