Victoria Park Racing and Recreation Grounds Co. Ltd V. Taylor

Victoria Park Racing And Recreation Grounds Co. Ltd V. Taylor


Victoria Park Racing & Recreation Grounds Co Ltd v Taylor is a leading case of the High Court of Australia on determining whether property rights exist, and protecting claims in property for the purposes of tort law. It is also notable in its rejection of the concepts of quasi-property and privacy in the framework of the common law. It has been observed that the concept of property itself cannot be entirely satisfactorily explained without accounting, in some way or other, for the ruling in Victoria Park Racing.

It arose from the manner in which radio broadcasting in Australia in the 1930s challenged the monopolies of racing clubs who exercised tight control over access to the racecourse, supported by existing laws, with minimal media reporting in the form of scores scratched on boards at the racecourse and more detailed newspaper summaries after the event.

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