Horses and the Law: the Enduring Legacy of Victoria Park Racing

McKeough, J

Horses and the Law: the Enduring Legacy of Victoria Park Racing

McKeough, J

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Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Landmarks in Australian Intellectual Property Law, 2009, 1, pp. 53 - 72
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	McKeough, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6219-3755	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Kenyon, A	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Richarson, M	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Ricketson, S	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Landmarks in Australian Intellectual Property Law, 2009, 1, pp. 53 - 72	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9780521516860	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/8125
dc.description.abstract	The Victoria Park Racing and Recreation Ground was a popular racecourse in Sydney in the 1930s. Built on an open fairground, the owners erected a.fence around the track to ensure that only ticket buyers could watch the action or place bets on the races. The defendant, Taylor, built a tower that was uS:d by a Mr Angles to peer over the fence and, using a telephone, broadcast descriptions of the races on radio 2UW. In Victoria Park Racing and Recreation Grounds Company v Taylor (Victoria Park Racing),1 both the neighbour and the broadcaster were sued in nuisance and infringement of property rights by the owners of the racecourse. The High Court dismissed the suit but the minority judgment of Evatt··J foreshadowed the potential problems for those mounting spectacles and events with the advent of television on the horizon.	en_US
dc.publisher	Cambridge University Press	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Landmarks in Australian Intellectual Property Law	en_US
dc.title	Horses and the Law: the Enduring Legacy of Victoria Park Racing	en_US
dc.type	Chapter
utslib.location	Melbourne, Australia	en_US
utslib.for	1801 Law	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Law
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Abstract:

The Victoria Park Racing and Recreation Ground was a popular racecourse in Sydney in the 1930s. Built on an open fairground, the owners erected a.fence around the track to ensure that only ticket buyers could watch the action or place bets on the races. The defendant, Taylor, built a tower that was uS:d by a Mr Angles to peer over the fence and, using a telephone, broadcast descriptions of the races on radio 2UW. In Victoria Park Racing and Recreation Grounds Company v Taylor (Victoria Park Racing),1 both the neighbour and the broadcaster were sued in nuisance and infringement of property rights by the owners of the racecourse. The High Court dismissed the suit but the minority judgment of Evatt··J foreshadowed the potential problems for those mounting spectacles and events with the advent of television on the horizon.

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