Duty to prevent criminal conduct: non-delegable duty

Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle v AA [2025] NSWCA 72

There is no non-delegable duty to ensure that a delegate does not commit an intentional criminal act: at [17] (Bell CJ); [156]-[168] (Leeming JA); [253] (Ball JA).

Bird v DP [2024] HCA 41; 419 ALR 552 at [38]- [43]; New South Wales v Lepore (2003) 212 CLR 511; [2003] HCA 4, applied.

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