Editing Man on the Clapham omnibus (section)

==Other related common law jurisdictions==

The expression has also been incorporated in Canadian patent jurisprudence, notably ''Beloit v. Valmet Oy''<ref name="1OdQx">''Beloit v. Valmet Oy'' (1986), C.P.R. (3d) 289</ref> in its discussion of the test for obviousness.<ref name="QsEUq">{{Citation |first1=Donald M. |last1=Cameron |first2=Ogilvy |last2=Renault |date=30 December 2006|title=case comment: Beloit Canada Ltd. v. Valmet Oy citation(s): (1986) 8 C.P.R. (3d) 289 |publisher=JurisDictioncom |url=http://www.jurisdiction.com/beloit.htm}}</ref>

In Australia, the "Clapham omnibus" expression has inspired the New South Wales and Victorian equivalents, "the man on the Bondi tram" (a now disused tram route in Sydney),<ref name="40QyY">{{Citation |last=Asprey |first=Michèle M. |year=2010 |orig-year=2003 |title=Plain Language for Lawyers |publisher=Federation Press |page=119 |isbn=978-1-86287-775-7}}</ref> "the man on the [[Melbourne tram route 96|Bourke Street tram]]" ([[Melbourne]]),<ref name="3umqM">{{cite AustLII|AATA|18|1991|litigants=Re Sortirios Pandos and Commonwealth of Australia}}.</ref> and "the ordinary person on the Belconnen omnibus" (Canberra).<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 April 2024 |title=Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Limited (Trial Judgment) [2024] FCA 369, [597] |url=https://www8.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/FCA/2024/369.html |access-date=16 April 2024 |website=Austlii}}</ref>

In Hong Kong, the equivalent expression is "the man on the [[Hong Kong Tramways|Shau Kei Wan tram]]".<ref name="2MPEV">{{Citation |author=SFAT |year=2009 |url=http://www.sfat.gov.hk/english/determination/AN-7_and_8_and_9-2007-Determination.pdf |title=Ng Chiu Mui v Securities and Futures Commission Application No 7 of 2007 (15 May 2009) |publisher=Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal |page=30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722075521/http://www.sfat.gov.hk/english/determination/AN-7_and_8_and_9-2007-Determination.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-22|url-status=dead}}</ref>