Catchwords: Trade practices – Consumer protection – Extraterritorial application of s 23 of Australian Consumer Law (“ACL”) – Where company carrying on business in Australia selling and marketing cruises – Where contract of passage made outside Australia – Where contract was contract of adhesion incorporating set terms and conditions – Where terms and conditions included …
Catchwords: Criminal practice – Trial – Directions to jury – Where appellant tried with two co-accused – Where appellant charged with murder, one co-accused charged with assault occasioning bodily harm and other co-accused charged with accessory after fact to murder or manslaughter – Where evidence from witness incriminated one co-accused but had potential to exculpate …
Catchwords: High Court of Australia – Special leave to appeal – Where questions of legal principle not in issue at appeal hearing – Whether single ground of appeal concerning factual issues met criteria for special leave to appeal – Whether special leave to appeal should be revoked. Words and phrases – “question of law of …
Catchwords: Copyright – Infringement – Authorisation of infringement – Where s 36(1) of Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) relevantly provides copyright is infringed by person who, not being owner of copyright, and without licence of owner of copyright, “authorizes the doing in Australia” of any act comprised in copyright – Where first respondent owner of copyright …
Catchwords: Constitutional law (Cth) – Judicial power of Commonwealth – Immigration detention – Indefinite detention without judicial order – Where plaintiff stateless Rohingya Muslim having well-founded fear of persecution in Myanmar – Where plaintiff’s bridging visa cancelled following criminal conviction – Where following release from criminal custody plaintiff taken into immigration detention under s 189 …
Catchwords: Evidence – Criminal trial – Joint trial – Discretionary exclusion rule – Where appellant and co‑accused convicted of murder and supplying large commercial quantity of methylamphetamine – Where appellant sought to lead evidence at trial that co‑accused admitted participation in several homicides and other criminal violence to establish defence of duress – Where evidence …
Catchwords: Criminal practice – Appeal – Miscarriage of justice – Juror or jury misconduct – Where following trial by jury appellant convicted of six sexual offences – Where after entry of verdicts juror delivered note causing trial judge to authorise Sheriff to conduct investigation under s 70(7) of Jury Act 1995 (Qld) – Where investigation …
Catchwords: Constitutional law (Cth) – Powers of Commonwealth Parliament – Power to make laws with respect to naturalisation and aliens – Cessation of Australian citizenship – Where s 34(2)(b)(ii) of Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Cth) (“Act”), in context, provided Minister may revoke person’s Australian citizenship acquired by conferral if, among other matters, person “convicted of …
Catchwords: Courts – Abuse of process – Permanent stay of proceedings – Where appellant commenced claim for damages for personal injury against respondent 52 years after alleged sexual assault by priest employed by respondent occurred – Where no limitation period for claims resulting from child sexual abuse under s 6A of Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) …
Catchwords: Constitutional law (Cth) – Judicial power of Commonwealth – Cessation of Australian citizenship – Where s 36D of Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Cth) (“Act”) provided Minister for Home Affairs may make determination that person ceases to be Australian citizen if, among other matters, person has been convicted of offence against provision of Pt 5.3 …
Catchwords: Residential tenancies – Where s 122(1) of Residential Tenancies Act 1999 (NT) (“Act”) relevantly provided Civil and Administrative Tribunal of the Northern Territory (“Tribunal”) may order compensation for loss or damage suffered by landlord or tenant under tenancy agreement be paid by other party because other party failed to comply with agreement – Where …
Catchwords: Constitutional law (Cth) – Duties of excise – Exclusive power of Commonwealth Parliament – Scope and operation of s 90 of Constitution – Where s 7(1) of Zero and Low Emission Vehicle Distance-based Charge Act 2021 (Vic) (“ZLEV Charge Act”) purported to oblige registered operator of zero or low emissions vehicle (“ZLEV”) to pay …
Catchwords: Criminal Practice – Appeal – Unreasonable verdict – Independent assessment of evidence – Where appellant charged with and convicted of murder – Where appellant appealed conviction on ground that verdict unreasonable or could not be supported having regard to whole of evidence – Where deceased’s injuries were either self‑inflicted or caused by appellant – …
Catchwords: Industrial law (Cth) – Prohibition of taking adverse action against person to prevent exercise of workplace right – Workplace right – Where s 340(1)(b) of Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) provided that person must not take adverse action against another person to prevent exercise of workplace right – Where Qantas Airways Ltd made decision …
Catchwords: State Parliament – Parliamentary privilege – Where Crime and Corruption Commission (“Commission”) conducted investigation in response to complaint alleging corrupt conduct and maladministration by Public Trustee of Queensland – Where Commission then composed Report on allegations and investigation – Where Commission sought to use Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee (“Committee”) to make Report public …
Catchwords: Constitutional Law (Cth) – Judicial power of the Commonwealth – Jurisdiction – Appeals – Meaning of “matter” – Where appellant commenced proceedings in Federal Court of Australia seeking mandamus to require Secretary of Department of Home Affairs to remove him from Australia to a regional processing country under s 198AD(2) of Migration Act 1958 …
Catchwords: Constitutional law (Cth) – Judicial power of Commonwealth – Jurisdiction vested in Territory courts – Institutional integrity of Territory courts – Where s 68BA inserted into Supreme Court Act 1933 (ACT) in response to COVID-19 pandemic – Where s 68BA(3) allowed Supreme Court of Australian Capital Territory (“ACT”) to make order for trial by …
Catchwords: Practice and procedure – Jurisdiction – Service outside Australia – Where first respondent sought leave under Civil Liability (Third Party Claims Against Insurers) Act 2017 (NSW) (“Claims Act”) to bring proceedings against appellant insurers in Supreme Court of New South Wales (“NSWSC”) – Where ability of first respondent to bring proceedings under Claims Act …
Catchwords: Statutes – Interpretation – Efficacy of regulations – Where s 83GD(1) of Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA) (“1935 Act”) established offence for participant in criminal organisation to enter or attempt to enter “prescribed place” – Where “prescribed place” meant place declared by regulation – Where s 370 of 1935 Act empowered Governor in …
Catchwords: Statutes – Construction – Where respondent pleaded guilty to offences of conspiracy to cause offer of provision of bribe to foreign public official contrary to ss 11.5 and 70.2(1) of Criminal Code (Cth) – Where s 70.2(5) of Criminal Code (Cth) relevantly prescribed maximum monetary penalty for offence as not more than greatest of: …
Catchwords: Torts – Negligence – Vicarious liability – Where appellant employer of respondent – Where appellant required respondent to live in shared accommodation with another employee under terms of employment contract – Where other employee negligently urinated on respondent while he was sleeping causing cataplectic attack – Whether other employee’s wrongful act in course or …
Catchwords: Injunctions – Interlocutory injunctions – Where plaintiff’s lease of land terminated by operation of Home Affairs Act 2023 (Cth) (“Act”) – Where plaintiff seeks declaration of constitutional invalidity of Act on ground Act not supported by head of legislative power and contrary to s 51(xxxi) of Constitution – Where plaintiff seeks alternative declaration that …
Catchwords: Immigration – Visas – Cancellation of visa – Where respondent’s visa subject to mandatory cancellation under s 501(3A) of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – Where Minister decided not to revoke visa cancellation on basis that respondent represented unacceptable risk of harm to Australian community – Where Minister took into account respondent’s offending as a …
Catchwords: Immigration – Refugees – Application for protection visa – Power of Minister under s 65 of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) to grant or refuse to grant visa – Where visa criterion in Sch 2, cl 790.227 of Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) required Minister to be satisfied grant of visa in national interest – Where …
Catchwords: Constitutional law (Cth) – Taxation – Where Commonwealth makes grants to States for local government purposes under Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995 (Cth) (“Local Government Assistance Act”) – Where States agreed that local government would make “notional GST” payments notwithstanding prohibition in s 114 of Constitution against Commonwealth imposing tax on State property …
Catchwords: Criminal Law – Rape – Appeal against conviction – Capacity – Where appellant charged with 15 counts of rape and one count of indecent treatment of child under 16 – Where conceded or reasonable doubt as to whether appellant over 14 years of age for five counts – Where Criminal Code (Qld), s 29(2) …
Catchwords: Courts and judges – Bias – Reasonable apprehension of bias – Where appellant appealed to Full Court of Federal Court of Australia from decision dismissing application for judicial review of non-revocation of decision to cancel his visa on character grounds – Where appellant sought recusal of judge sitting as member of Full Court constituted …
Catchwords: Criminal Law – Appeal – Break and enter and commit serious indictable offence – Where appellant and complainant co‑tenants of apartment under Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW) (“RT Act”) – Where appellant had moved out and ceased paying rent – Where appellant, while still a co-tenant, entered apartment by breaking down locked door and …
Catchwords: Constitutional law (Cth) – Judicial power of Commonwealth – Jurisdiction vested in State courts – State laws applicable to offenders convicted of Commonwealth offences – Where s 78(1) of Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW) (“CAR Act”) permitted convicted person to apply to Supreme Court of New South Wales for inquiry into conviction …
Catchwords: Practice and procedure – Costs – Offers of compromise – Calderbank letter – Application to amend orders – Where applications for special leave determined, and orders for costs made in favour of respondents – Whether applicant’s failure to engage with respondents’ Calderbank offer unreasonable – Whether Calderbank offer was open for acceptance when application …
Catchwords: Public international law – Foreign State immunity – Immunity from jurisdiction – Proceedings for recognition and enforcement of arbitral award – Where respondents obtained arbitral award under Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (1965) (“ICSID Convention”) – Where respondents sought to enforce award in Australia under …
Catchwords: Constitutional law (Cth) – Executive power of the Commonwealth – Where s 351 of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) permitted Minister to personally exercise power to substitute more favourable decision for decision of tribunal – Where requests made for Minister to exercise power under s 351 – Where Minister issued instructions to departmental officers in …
Catchwords: Practice – High Court – Remitter – Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s 44 – Whether matter arising under Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cth) should be remitted to Federal Court of Australia – Whether matter suitable to be heard in original jurisdiction of High Court of Australia – Where significant case management and fact finding …
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Catchwords: Family law – Children – International child abduction – Where child removed from Ireland to Australia by appellant mother without consent of father – Where father granted declaration of guardianship in Ireland – Where respondent sought orders in Australia for return of child to Ireland under Family Law (Child Abduction Convention) Regulations 1986 (Cth) …
Catchwords: Intellectual property – Trade marks – Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) (“Act”) – Trade mark infringement under s 120(1) of Act – Where BOTOX registered as defensive trade mark – Whether “instant Botox® alternative” used as trade mark – Whether “instant Botox® alternative” and PROTOX deceptively similar to defensive trade mark – Whether reputation …
Catchwords: Criminal law – Murder – Appeal against conviction – Extended joint criminal enterprise – Murder and constructive murder provided for by ss 11 and 12A of Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA), respectively – Where appellants agreed to commit indictable offence of criminal trespass – Where during commission of offence one or more parties …
Catchwords: Contract – Construction – Where clause in contract for sale and purchase of property and assets of hotel business obliged vendor from contract date until completion to carry on business in “usual and ordinary course as regards its nature, scope and manner” – Where hotel business operated pursuant to licence and gaming machine entitlements …
Catchwords: Constitutional law (Cth) – Implied freedom of communication on governmental and political matters – Where s 29(11) of the Electoral Funding Act 2018 (NSW) (“EF Act”) capped electoral expenditure by third-party campaigners in “capped State expenditure period” before State by-election for Legislative Assembly – Where third-party campaigners subject to lower cap than candidates – …
Catchwords: Administrative law – Judicial review – Jurisdictional error – Sentencing powers of inferior court – Where s 7 of Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) (“Sentencing Procedure Act”) empowered sentencing court to make intensive correction order (“ICO”) directing that a sentence of imprisonment be served by way of intensive correction in community – Where …
Catchwords: Corporations – Winding up – Insolvency – Set-off – Unfair preferences – Where appellant received payments from company within six-month period prior to winding up – Where liquidator of company sought to recover payments from appellant under s 588FF(1)(a) of Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (“Act”) as unfair preferences under s 588FA of Act – …
Catchwords: Corporations – Winding up – Insolvency – Voidable transactions – Unfair preferences – Construction of s 588FA(3) of Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) – Where appellants liquidators of debtor company – Where respondent entered into agreement to supply services to debtor company for harvesting and hauling timber – Where respondent continued to provide services to …
Catchwords: Insurance – Contract of insurance – Where insured body corporate knew that apartment buildings had serious non-structural defects which it did not disclose to insurer – Where cyclone caused substantial damage to apartment buildings and exposed defects – Where insurer advised insured that it would provide indemnity despite non‑disclosure – Where extent of indemnity …
Catchwords: Contract – Informal agreements – Implied term – Inferred term – Copyright – Where real estate agencies informally commissioned professional photographer and his company to take photographs and prepare floor plans of properties for use on platforms concerning marketing of properties for sale or lease – Where photographs and floor plans provided to each …
Catchwords: Negligence – Duty of care – Where appellant statutory corporation (“Western Power”) undertook, operated, managed and maintained electricity distribution system under interconnected statutory framework – Where distribution system delivered electricity to consumers’ premises – Where pursuant to statutory powers in performing statutory functions Western Power attached electrical cable and other apparatus to point of …
Catchwords: Criminal Practice – Appeal – Error or irregularity in trial – Directions to jury – Where credibility of one accused giving evidence central to both trials – Where trial judge directed jury that innocent person can do nothing more than give evidence – Where trial judge directed jury that guilty person may give evidence …
Catchwords: Evidence – Criminal trial – Admissibility – Tendency evidence – Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 97(1)(b) – Where tendency evidence adduced to prove identity of offender – Where narrow class of possible perpetrators – Where other evidence identifying appellant as offender and tending to exclude other possible perpetrators – Whether Court of Criminal Appeal …
Catchwords: Trusts – Resulting trust – Presumption of resulting trust – Presumption of advancement – Where wife purchased property – Where purchase price paid from joint loans taken in names of wife and husband – Where security for joint loans from separately owned properties – Where title registered in name of wife only – Where …
Catchwords: Statutes – Interpretation – Territorial operation – Presumption against extraterritoriality – Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth), s 21(1)(b) – Where Pt IVA of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) permitted a person to commence a representative proceeding in the Federal Court of Australia on behalf of other persons (“group members”) where certain …
Catchwords: Constitutional law (Cth) – Judicial power of Commonwealth – Where adverse security assessment of appellant, accompanied by statement of grounds, certified by Director‑General of Security on behalf of Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (“ASA decision”) – Where appellant’s visa cancelled on character grounds in consequence of ASA decision – Where appellant applied to Administrative Appeals …
Catchwords: Criminal law – Sexual offences against child – Presumption against retrospective operation – Where appellant pleaded not guilty on 29 November 2018 to sexual offences against complainant – Where Crown was uncertain whether alleged conduct occurred when s 81 of Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) in force, or when s 81 repealed but s 78K …
Catchwords: Constitutional law (Cth) – Judicial power of Commonwealth – Jurisdiction vested in State courts – Institutional integrity of State courts – Where High Risk Serious Offenders Act 2020 (WA) (“Act”) required State court to make restriction order in relation to serious offender if satisfied that order necessary to ensure adequate protection of community against …
Catchwords: Patents – Invention – Manner of manufacture – Where appellant manufactured electronic gaming machines (“EGMs”) – Where appellant owned four innovation patents concerning various embodiments of EGM – Where specification described claimed invention as combination of player interface, being physical features of EGM, and game controller, being computerised components interacting with player interface to …
Catchwords: Immigration – Visas – Review of cancellation decision – Application for extension of time – Where then Minister for Home Affairs cancelled plaintiff’s visa pursuant to s 501(3)(b) of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – Where plaintiff applied pursuant to s 477A(2) for extension of time to file application for review of Minister’s decision – …
Catchwords: Administrative law – Judicial review – Jurisdictional error – Requirement that error must be material – When error will be material – Where appellant’s visa cancelled under s 501(3A) of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – Where delegate of Minister for Home Affairs decided not to revoke cancellation – Where appellant sought review of non-revocation …
Catchwords: Defamation – Publication – Where appellant operated internet search engine – Where search engine produced search results to users in response to user-designed search queries through use of computer programs and algorithms – Where each search result relevantly comprised title of webpage, snippet of content, and hyperlink to another webpage on World Wide Web …
Catchwords: Criminal practice – Appeal – Where appellant tried and convicted of murder of wife by judge alone in Supreme Court of South Australia – Where appellant appealed conviction on ground that verdict unreasonable or could not be supported having regard to whole of evidence – Whether Full Court of Supreme Court of South Australia …
Catchwords: Criminal law – Parties to offence – Principal offenders – Where appellant and another charged jointly with offence of unlawfully doing grievous bodily harm with intent under s 294(1)(a) of Criminal Code (WA) – Where prosecution relied on s 7(a) of Criminal Code, which deems “[e]very person who actually does the act … which …
Catchwords: Constitutional law (Cth) – Implied freedom of communication about governmental or political matters – Where s 8 of Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NSW) (“SD Act”) relevantly prohibited knowing installation, use or maintenance of optical surveillance device on or within premises to record visually or observe carrying on of activity if installation, use or maintenance …
Catchwords: Superannuation – Self managed superannuation fund – Binding death benefit nomination – Where reg 6.17A of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulations 1994 (Cth) prescribed standards for, relevantly, regulated superannuation funds for payment of member’s superannuation benefits to nominated person on or after member’s death – Where trust deed for self managed superannuation fund amended …
Catchwords: Criminal law – Sentencing – Indefinite detention – Release on licence – Where s 57 of Sentencing Act 2017 (SA) (“Act”) conferred upon Supreme Court of South Australia discretion to order that persons convicted of certain sexual offences be detained in custody until further order – Where s 59(1a)(a) of Act provided that person …
Catchwords: Constitutional law (Cth) – Powers of Commonwealth Parliament – Power to make laws with respect to naturalisation and aliens – Cessation of Australian citizenship – Where s 36B of Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Cth) provided Minister for Home Affairs may make determination that person ceases to be Australian citizen if satisfied, among other matters, …
Catchwords: Constitutional law (Cth) – Powers of Commonwealth Parliament – Power to make laws with respect to naturalisation and aliens – Detention of unlawful non‑citizens – Where applicant “unlawful non-citizen” within meaning of s 14(1) of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – Where applicant detained by officers in purported exercise of s 189(1) of Migration Act …
Catchwords: Immigration – Visas – Cancellation of visa – Revocation of cancellation – Where plaintiff’s visa cancelled under s 501(3A) of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – Where plaintiff made representations seeking revocation of cancellation decision under s 501CA(4) – Where representations raised potential breach of Australia’s international non‑refoulement obligations – Where delegate of Minister decided …
Catchwords: Family law – De facto financial cause – Alteration of property interests – Meaning of “breakdown of de facto relationship” – Where appellant and respondent had been in de facto relationship and resided in appellant’s home – Where appellant and respondent agreed to keep assets strictly separate – Where appellant subsequently suffered rapid cognitive …
Catchwords: Constitutional law (Cth) – Chapter III – Where respondent’s complaint made under Anti‑Discrimination Act 1998 (Tas) (“State Act”) was referred to Anti-Discrimination Tribunal (“Tribunal”) – Where appellants in defence asserted provisions in State Act inconsistent with Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) and Disability (Access to Premises – Buildings) Standards 2010 (Cth) – Where Tribunal …
Catchwords: Immigration – Refugees – Application for protection visa – Where plaintiff invited to attend protection visa interview in Melbourne – Where delegate of Minister sent plaintiff letters under ss 56 and 57 of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) requesting further information and inviting plaintiff to comment on information – Where plaintiff lived in Sydney, suffered …
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Catchwords: Criminal practice – Jury trial – Where s 53A(1)(c) of Jury Act 1977 (NSW) provided for mandatory discharge of juror where juror engaged in misconduct in relation to trial – Where misconduct included conduct constituting offence against Jury Act – Where offence against s 68C(1) of Jury Act for juror to make inquiry for …
Catchwords: Negligence – Causation – Workplace injury – Psychiatric injury – Where appellant employed in Specialist Sexual Offences Unit of Victorian Office of Public Prosecutions (“OPP”) – Where appellant found to have suffered psychiatric injury resulting from vicarious trauma suffered in employment – Whether respondent failed to take reasonable measures in response to evident signs …
Catchwords: Industrial law (Cth) – Pecuniary penalties – Determination of appropriate penalty – Where s 349(1) of Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (“Act”) relevantly provided that person must not knowingly or recklessly make false or misleading representation about another person’s obligation to engage in industrial activity – Where s 546 of Act empowered Federal Court …
Catchwords: Tort – Negligence – Breach of duty of care – Causation – Obvious risk of dangerous recreational activity – Where appellant competing in campdraft competition – Where campdrafting a dangerous recreational activity – Where appellant’s horse slipped and fell causing serious injury to appellant – Where four other contestants had falls prior to appellant’s …
Catchwords: Income Tax (Cth) – Trusts – Where s 97(1) of Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) provides that where beneficiary of trust estate not under any legal disability is presently entitled to share of income of trust estate, assessable income of beneficiary shall include so much of that share of net income of trust …
Catchwords: Constitutional Law (Cth) – Parliament – Elections – Senate and House of Representatives – Senators and members of House of Representatives to be “directly chosen by the people” – Where amendments to Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth) (“2021 Amendments”) constrained political party applying for registration from using name, abbreviation or logo which had word …
Catchwords: Industrial law (NSW) – Jurisdiction – Unfair dismissal – Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales (“IR Commission”) – Where first respondent had been retired as non‑executive police officer by NSW Commissioner of Police (“Police Commissioner”) under s 72A of Police Act 1990 (NSW) on medical grounds – Where dismissal claimed by first respondent …
Catchwords: Equity – Unconscionable conduct – Where respondents engaged in business of asset‑based lending – Where system of lending involved law firm, acting through intermediary, facilitating secured loans by respondents – Where law firm acted as agent of respondents – Where respondents’ agent never dealt directly with appellant – Where appellant unemployed with no regular …
Catchwords: Aviation – Aircraft leasing – Where first appellant leased aircraft engines to lessee company – Where administrators appointed to lessee company – Where lease agreements specified obligations for redelivery of aircraft engines – Where Protocol to Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment (“Protocol”) required administrators to “give …
Catchwords: Contract – Construction – Where clause in settlement agreement entered into between appellants and respondent prior to expiry of original term of patent granted respondent non-exclusive licence to exploit patent – Where clause in settlement agreement did not specify end date of non-exclusive licence – Whether non-exclusive licence applied to acts during extended term …
Catchwords: Constitutional Law (Cth) – Judicial power of Commonwealth – Meaning of “matter” – Where Commonwealth entered leases (“Leases”) with operators of Hobart Airport and Launceston Airport (“Lessees”) for Hobart Airport site and Launceston Airport site (“Airports”) – Where Clarence City Council and Northern Midlands Council (“Councils”) administer municipal area covering Airports – Where Airports …
Catchwords: Companies – Winding up – Mandatory examination of persons about examinable affairs of corporation – Application to set aside summons for examination – Purposes for which an officer or provisional liquidator may be summoned for examination about corporation’s examinable affairs pursuant to s 596A of Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) – Where appellants were shareholders …
Catchwords: Industrial law (Cth) – Nature of employment relationship – Employee or independent contractor – Where respondents previously employed by company as truck drivers – Where respondents agreed to “become contractors” and purchase own trucks – Where each respondent set up partnership with spouse – Where partnerships executed contract with company for provision of delivery …
Catchwords: Industrial law (Cth) – Nature of employment relationship – Employee or independent contractor – Where second appellant backpacker with limited work experience sought construction work from respondent – Where respondent in business of labour‑hire – Where respondent and second appellant entered written contract describing second appellant as “self‑employed contractor” – Where respondent assigned second …
Catchwords: Criminal practice – Appeal – Miscarriage of justice – Application of proviso that no substantial miscarriage of justice actually occurred – Where appellant convicted of unlawfully and indecently dealing with child under age of 16 years and rape – Where evidence admitted by consent that both appellant and complainant tested positive for herpes simplex …
Catchwords: Criminal law – Defences – Honest and reasonable mistake of fact – Where appellant charged with supplying controlled drug to child contrary to s 14 of Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 (Tas) – Where appellant claimed he honestly and reasonably believed child was adult – Where appellant’s conduct, had his belief been true, would …
Catchwords: Practice and procedure – Freezing orders – Power of Federal Court of Australia to make worldwide freezing order conferred by r 7.32 of Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) – Where appellant commenced proceedings against respondent in Federal Court – Where appellant applied to Federal Court for worldwide freezing order – Where assets located in …
Catchwords: Immigration – Visas – Cancellation of visa – Revocation of cancellation – Where respondent’s temporary visa cancelled under s 501(3A) of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – Where respondent made representations seeking revocation of cancellation decision under s 501CA(4) – Where representations included bare assertions about conditions in American Samoa – Where Minister decided there …
Catchwords: Damages – Torts – Negligence – Damage to chattels – Consequential loss – Physical inconvenience and loss of amenity of use – Where respondents owned prestige vehicles – Where prestige vehicles negligently damaged and unavailable during periods of repair – Where appellants liable for costs of repairing vehicles – Where respondents deprived of use …
Catchwords: Trade practices – Competition – Access to services – Where declared service under Pt IIIA of Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (“Act”) for provision of right to access and use certain infrastructure at Port of Newcastle (“Port”) – Where operator of Port fixed navigation service charge and wharfage charge under Ports and Maritime …
Catchwords: Criminal practice – Appeal – Miscarriage of justice – Application of proviso that no substantial miscarriage of justice actually occurred – Where appellant convicted of sexual offences against two complainants – Where appellant’s evidence contradicted complainants’ testimonies – Where rule in Browne v Dunn not observed by defence counsel – Where prosecutor cross-examined appellant …
Catchwords: Criminal law – Sentence – Plea of guilty – Where appellant sentenced in District Court of New South Wales for multiple offences including taking a conveyance without consent of owner contrary to s 154A(1)(a) of Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) (“offence”) – Where maximum penalty for offence five years’ imprisonment – Where offence dealt with …
Catchwords: Criminal law – Defences – Where respondent member of Northern Territory Police Force – Where respondent alleged to have fatally shot deceased after being deployed to arrest – Where respondent charged with murder and alternative offences under Criminal Code (NT) – Where s 148B of Police Administration Act 1978 (NT) (“Act”) provides person “not …
Catchwords: Criminal practice – Trial – Directions to jury – Where appellant charged with ten counts of aggravated indecent assault against three of his children – Where appellant did not seek that counts be tried separately – Where appellant alleged complainants’ evidence was inconsistent and had been concocted – Where appellant did not seek anti‑tendency …
Catchwords: Local government – Town planning – Development approvals – Where second appellant purchased undeveloped parcel of land in 2015 – Where preliminary approval granted in 2007 for development project pursuant to Integrated Planning Act 1997 (Qld) – Where preliminary approval contained “conditions” regarding payment of infrastructure contributions by developers to respondent Council – Where …
Catchwords: Defamation – Publication – Where appellants were media companies – Where each appellant created, operated and maintained public Facebook page – Where each appellant created posts on Facebook page hyperlinking to news stories referring to respondent – Where third-party Facebook users left “comments” on appellants’ posts – Where comments alleged to be defamatory of …
Catchwords: Defamation – Publication – Where appellants were media companies – Where each appellant created, operated and maintained public Facebook page – Where each appellant created posts on Facebook page hyperlinking to news stories referring to respondent – Where third-party Facebook users left “comments” on appellants’ posts – Where comments alleged to be defamatory of …
Catchwords: CATCHWORDS Director of Public Prosecutions Reference No 1 of 2019 Criminal law – Recklessness – Where s 17 of Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) provides that person who, without lawful excuse, recklessly causes serious injury is guilty of indictable offence – Where Court of Appeal of Supreme Court of Victoria in R v Campbell [1997] …
Catchwords: Constitutional law (Cth) – Powers of Commonwealth Parliament – Naturalisation and aliens – Deportation – Where appellant entered Australia before commencement of Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948 (Cth) – Where appellant born in Malta and entered Australia as British subject – Where appellant became citizen of United Kingdom and Colonies in 1949 and citizen …
Catchwords: Administrative law – Migration – Application for Safe Haven Enterprise Visa (“visa”) – Where first delegate of Minister held delegation to make decision under s 65 but not s 501 of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) to consider plaintiff’s application for visa – Where referral process required first delegate to refer plaintiff’s application to “Visa …
Catchwords: Evidence – Privilege against self-incrimination – Where appellant obtained ex parte orders freezing worldwide assets of respondent – Where disclosure orders made in connection with freezing orders required disclosure of worldwide assets – Where respondent objected to disclosure of certain information on basis that it may tend to self-incriminate – Where respondent prepared privilege …
Catchwords: Industrial law (Cth) – Contract of employment – Nature of casual employment – Where first respondent employed by appellant labour-hire company under series of six employment contracts or “assignments” – Where first respondent treated as casual employee – Where first respondent not paid entitlements owed by employers to non‑casual employees – Where first respondent …
Catchwords: Constitutional law (Cth) – Immigration – Tort – False imprisonment – Where respondent “unlawful non-citizen” detained by Executive under ss 189(1) and 196(1) of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – Whether period of executive detention authorised and required by ss 189(1) and 196(1) ceases when removal of “unlawful non-citizen” from Australia should have occurred had …
Catchwords: Limitation of actions – Exclusion by agreement – Where mortgages over land secured loan – Where mortgagors failed to repay loan – Where mortgagees brought proceedings to recover monies owing and possession of land secured by mortgages – Where mortgagors contended mortgagees statute-barred from enforcing rights under mortgages as a result of expiry of …
