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Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text		Citation Index †
Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee	[1957] 2 All ER 118; [1957] 1 WLR 582; (1957) 1 BMLR 1		United Kingdom	circa 1957	LexisNexis		629
Bolitho v City and Hackney Health Authority	[1997] UKHL 46; [1998] AC 232; [1997] 4 All ER 771; [1997] 3 WLR 1151	House of Lords	United Kingdom	13 Nov 1997	BAILII		453
Arthur JS Hall & Co v Simons	[2002] 1 AC 615		United Kingdom	circa 2002	LexisNexis / Westlaw		306
Takamore v Clarke	[2012] NZSC 116; [2013] 2 NZLR 733	Supreme Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	18 Dec 2012	NZLII		125
Smith v Tamworth City Council	[1997] NSWSC 197; (1997) 41 NSWLR 680; 7 BPR 15,239	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	14 May 1997	AustLII		95
Williams v Williams	[1882] UKLawRpCh 60; (1882) 20 Ch D 659; 46 JP 726; 51 LJCh 385		United Kingdom	8 Mar 1882	CommonLII		90
Jones v Dodd	[1999] SASC 125; (1999) 73 SASR 328	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	1 Apr 1999	AustLII		54
Maddever v Umawera School Board of Trustees	[1993] 2 NZLR 478		New Zealand	circa 1993	LexisNexis		53
Calma v Sesar	[1992] NTSC 17; (1992) 106 FLR 446; (1992) 2 NTLR 37	Supreme Court of the Northern Territory	Australia - Northern Territory	27 Mar 1992	AustLII		50
Takamore v Clarke	[2011] NZCA 587; [2012] 1 NZLR 573	Court of Appeal of New Zealand	New Zealand	23 Nov 2011	NZLII		38
Re A (Wardship: Jurisdiction)	[1995] 1 FLR 767		Australia	circa 1995	Legal Online / Westlaw		33
Leeburn v Derndorfer	[2004] VSC 172; (2004) 14 VR 100	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	4 Jun 2004	AustLII		29
Burrows v Cramley	[2002] WASC 47	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	15 Mar 2002	AustLII		28
Devise	[1572] EngR 94; 77 ER 1389; (1572-1616) 12 Co Rep 113	King's Bench	United Kingdom	circa 1572	CommonLII		26
Dow v Hoskins	[2003] VSC 206	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	10 Jun 2003	AustLII		25
Chin Keow v Government of Malaysia	[1967] 1 WLR 813		United Kingdom	circa 1967	LexisNexis / Westlaw		25
R v Stewart	[1840] EngR 1003; 113 ER 1007; (1840) 12 A & E 773	Queen's Bench	United Kingdom	circa 1840	CommonLII		24
Keller v Keller	[2007] VSC 118; (2007) 15 VR 667	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	30 Mar 2007	AustLII		22
R v Price	[1884] UKLawRpKQB 309; (1884) 12 QBD 247		United Kingdom	7 Feb 1884	CommonLII		21
Buchanan v Milton	[1999] 2 FLR 844		Australia	circa 1999	Legal Online / Westlaw		20
Rees v Hughes	[1946] KB 517; [1946] 2 All ER 47		United Kingdom	circa 1946	LexisNexis / Westlaw		17
Pierce v Proprietors of Swan Point Cemetery	(1872) 10 RI 227; 14 Am Rep 667		United States - Rhode Island	circa 1872			16
Clarke v Takamore	[2009] NZHC 901; [2010] 2 NZLR 525; (2009) 27 FRNZ 676	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	29 Jul 2009	NZLII		13
"Posthumous Reproduction and the Meanings of Autonomy"	(1999) 23 Melbourne University Law Review 286	Melbourne University Law Review	Australia	circa 1999	AustLII		11
Re Jones (deceased)	[1973] 2 NZLR 402		New Zealand	circa 1973	LexisNexis		11
Jung v Templeton	[2009] NZHC 2064; [2010] 2 NZLR 255	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	5 Nov 2009	NZLII		10
Re JSB (a Child)	[2009] NZHC 2054; [2010] 2 NZLR 236	High Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	4 Nov 2009	NZLII		10
Ambrose v Kerrison	[1851] EngR 327; 138 ER 307; (1851) 10 CB 776		United Kingdom	circa 1851	CommonLII		9
Warner v Levitt	(1994) 7 BPR 15,110		Australia	circa 1994			8
Murdoch v Rhind SC Christchurch	[1945] NZGazLawRp 61; [1945] NZLR 425; (1945) 47 GLR 263	New Zealand Gazette Law Reports	New Zealand	31 May 1945	NZLII		8
Awa v Independent News Auckland Ltd	[1995] 3 NZLR 701		New Zealand	circa 1995	LexisNexis		7
Grandison v Nembhard	(1989) 4 BMLR 140		United Kingdom	circa 1989	LexisNexis		7
Privet v Vovk	[2003] NSWSC 1038	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	7 Nov 2003	AustLII		6
R v Vann	169 ER 523		United Kingdom	circa 1999	CommonLII		6
"Who owns your body?"	(2003) 77 Australian Law Journal 178	Australian Law Journal	Australia	circa 2003	Legal Online		5
"Dead, but not buried: bodies, burial and family conflicts"	(2003) 23 Legal Studies 423	Legal Studies	United Kingdom	circa 2003	Wiley ScienceDirect		5
Dobson v North Tyneside Health Authority	[1997] 1 FLR 598		Australia	circa 1997	Legal Online / Westlaw		5
Saleh v Reichert	(1993) 104 DLR (4th) 384; 50 ETR 143		Canada	circa 1993			5
R v Young	(1984) 1 CRNZ 568		New Zealand	circa 1984			5
see In re Johnson's Estate	7 NYS2d 81; 169 Misc 215		United States - New York	circa 2003			5
Borrows v McManus	[2008] EWHC 1387	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	circa 2008	BAILII		4
Doherty v Doherty	[2006] QSC 257; [2006] 2 Qd R 259	Supreme Court of Queensland	Australia - Queensland	16 Aug 2006	AustLII		4
Durrington Cemetery, Re	[2001] Fam 33; [2000] 3 WLR 1322		United Kingdom	circa 2001			4
O'Donnell v Slack	123 Cal 285; 55 P 906; 55 Pac 906		United States - California	circa 2003			4
"Takamore v Clarke: An Appropriate Approach to the Recognition of Mori Custom in New Zealand Law?"	(2013) 44 Victoria University of Wellingtion Law Review 141	Victoria University of Wellingtion Law Review	New Zealand	circa 2013	HeinOnline / LexisNexis		3
Watene v Vercoe	[1996] NZFLR 193		New Zealand	circa 1996			3
Re Clarke (Deceased)	[1965] NZLR 182		New Zealand	circa 1965	LexisNexis		3
Takamore v Clarke	[2012] NZSC 113	Supreme Court of New Zealand	New Zealand	11 Dec 2012	NZLII		2
"Burial Instructions and the Governance of Death"	(2012) 12 Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 59	Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal	United Kingdom	circa 2012	HeinOnline / Informit		2
"The Honours of Hades: Death, Emotion and the Law of Burial Disputes"	(2011) 34 University of New South Wales Law Journal 860	University of New South Wales Law Journal	Australia	circa 2011	AustLII		2
"Interference with Dead Bodies and Body Parts: A Separate Cause of Action in Tort?"	(2007) 15 Tort Law Review 63	Tort Law Review	Australia	circa 2007	Legal Online		2
Property ’ Necessary? On Owning the Human Body and Its Parts ”	(2004) 10 Res Publica 15		United Kingdom	circa 2004			2
"Burying the Hatchet in Burial Disputes: Applying Alternative Dispute Resolution to Disputes Concerning the Interment of Bodies"	(2004) 79 Notre Dame Law Review 1141	Notre Dame Law Review	United States	circa 2004	HeinOnline / LexisNexis		2
"Dead, but Not Buried: Bodies, Burial and Family Conflicts"	(2003) 23 (3) Legal Studies 423	Legal Studies	United Kingdom	circa 2003	Wiley ScienceDirect		2
"Burial rights: the contemporary Australian position"	(2000) 7 Journal of Law and Medicine 404	Journal of Law and Medicine	Australia	circa 2000	Legal Online		2
Waldman v Melville (City)	[1990] 2 WWR 54		Canada	circa 1990			2
Sherer v Rubin Memorial Chapel, Ltd	452 So2d 574		United States	circa 2004			2
Holland v Edgerton	355 SE2d 514; 85 NCApp 567		United States	circa 2004			2
Kartsonas v Stamoulos	[2010] BCCA 336	Court of Appeal of British Columbia	Canada - British Columbia	circa 2010	CanLII		1
"Letting the Dead Bury the Dead: Missouri ’ s Right of Sepulcher Addresses the Modern Decedent ’ s Wishes"	(2010) 75 Missouri Law Review 248	Missouri Law Review	United States	circa 2010	HeinOnline / LexisNexis		1
"Family Law After Death: Control of the Dead Body of a Child Killed by the Actions of a Parent"	[2010] New Zealand Family Law Journal 263	New Zealand Family Law Journal	New Zealand	circa 2010			1
Scotching v Birch	[2008] All ER 265		United Kingdom	circa 2008	LexisNexis		1
"Property and the human body: A proposal for posthumous conception"	(2008) 15 Journal of Law and Medicine 556	Journal of Law and Medicine	Australia	circa 2008	Legal Online		1
"Ownership of T ū p ā paku"	[2008] New Zealand Law Journal 233	New Zealand Law Journal	New Zealand	circa 2008			1
"Ashes to Ashes : Comparative Law Regarding Survivors ’ Disputes Concerning Cremation and Cremated Remains"	(2008) 17 Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems 311	Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems	United States	circa 2008			1
"Individualized Justice In Disputes Over Dead Bodies"	(2008) 61 Vanderbilt Law Review 1351	Vanderbilt Law Review	United States	circa 2008	HeinOnline / LexisNexis		1
(2007) 643 NZPD 12607	(2007) 643 NZPD 12607		New Zealand	circa 2007			1
"RIP: Families, Funerals and the Law"	(2006) 80 (1-2) Law Institute Journal 54	Law Institute Journal	Australia - Victoria	circa 2006			1
"The disposal of human ashes"	(2005) 12 Journal of Law and Medicine 267	Journal of Law and Medicine	Australia	circa 2005	Legal Online		1
"Power to Make Bylaws"	[2005] New Zealand Law Journal 165	New Zealand Law Journal	New Zealand	circa 2005			1
"Loved And Lost: Breathing Life Into The Rights Of Noncustodial Parents"	(2005) 40 Valparaiso University Law Review 267	Valparaiso University Law Review	United States	circa 2005	HeinOnline / LexisNexis		1
DPP v Cavkic, Athanasi & Clarke (No 6)	[2004] VSC 122	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	17 Mar 2004	AustLII		1
"The Property of Death"	(1999) 60 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 971	University of Pittsburgh Law Review	United States	circa 1999	HeinOnline / LexisNexis		1
R v Mills	(1992) 77 CCC (3d) 318		Canada	circa 1992			1
"Cemetery Abandonment and Disinterment of Human Remains"	(1970-1971) 35 Albany Law Review 320	Albany Law Review	United States	circa 1971	HeinOnline / LexisNexis		1
(1964) 340 NZPD 2917	(1964) 340 NZPD 2917		New Zealand	circa 1964			1
(1964) 340 NZPD 2908	(1964) 340 NZPD 2908		New Zealand	circa 1964			1
(1964) 339 NZPD 1368	(1964) 339 NZPD 1368		New Zealand	circa 1964			1
Coney v English	(1914) 86 Misc 292		United States - New York	circa 1914			1
R v Newcomb	(1898) 2 CCC 255		Canada	circa 1898			1
Rekosh v Parks	735 NE2d 765		United States				1
Kasmer v Guardianship of Limner	697 So2d 220		United States	circa 1971			1
Re Estate of Moyer	577 P2d 108		United States	circa 1971			1
Levite Undertakers Co v Griggs	495 So2d 63		United States	circa 1971			1
Holland v Metalious	198 A2d 654		United States	circa 1971			1
Burnett v Surratt	67 SW 2d 1041	US		circa 1971			1
54 ALR 3d 1037	54 ALR 3d 1037		United States	circa 1971			1
12 Yearbook of New Zealand Jurisprudence 81	12 Yearbook of New Zealand Jurisprudence 81	Yearbook of New Zealand Jurisprudence	New Zealand				1
7 ALR 3d 747	7 ALR 3d 747		United States				1
Isbn 34, 978-1-877569-49-4	ISBN 34, 978-1-877569-49-4	ISBN					1