LCM Funding Pty Ltd v Stanwell Corporation Limited
[2022] FCAFC 103
Para 1
…That approach is consistent with the reasoning of the Full Federal Court in LCM Funding Pty Ltd v Stanwell Corporation Limited [2022] FCAFC 103; 402 ALR 297 in which the Court held that the decision of a majority of a previous Full Court in Brookfield Multiplex Ltd v International Litigation Funding Partners Pte Lt…
R v Delzotto
[2022] NSWCCA 117
Para 1
…Earlier this year, the NSW Court of Appeal delivered judgment in R v Delzotto [2022] NSWCCA 117 ( Delzotto ) . This was the first time that an intermediate appellate court delivered judgment on the question of applying the Bahar approach to ss 16AAA, 16AAB and 16AAC of the Crimes Act. There was no argument advanced…
R v McCall
[2022] NSWDC 78
Para 1
…erpinning reasoning of McClure P. I note the disquiet amongst judges exists at both district and appellate court levels: see, for example, R v McCall [2022] NSWDC 78 at [52] and [58]; Dui Kol ). I will consider those criticisms in more detail later in these reasons.…
Allison (a pseudonym) v The Queen
[2021] VSCA 308
Para 1
…A of the Criminal Code, the Crown’s submission relies heavily on the analysis of the Victorian Court of Appeal in Allison (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 308; 362 FLR 445 ( Allison ) at [40]–[47]. At [40], the Court identified the possession offence as having the following elements:…
R v Hurt (No 2)
[2021] ACTSC 241
…Court/Tribunal: Supreme Court of the ACT Before: Mossop J Date of Decision: 16 September 2021 Case Title: R v Hurt (No 2) Citation: [2021] ACTSC 241…
Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs v FAK19
[2021] FCAFC 153
Para 1
…outlined what is meant by the phrase “plainly wrong” in Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs v FAK19 [2021] FCAFC 153; 287 FCR 181 ( FAK19 ) at [2]–[13]. As his Honour noted at [3] the phrase does not have a “fixed content of meaning”. His Honour also indicated at [7], […
R v Delzotto
[2021] NSWDC 325
…stralian Aboriginal Justice Agency Ltd v Northern Territory [2015] HCA 41; 256 CLR 569 R v Abbas [2019] WASCA 64; 277 A Crim R 105 R v Delzotto [2021] NSWDC 325 R v Delzotto [2022] NSWCCA 117 R v Jousif [2017] NSWSC 1299; 325 FLR 108 R v Karabi [2012] QCA 47; 220 A Crim R 338 R v Latif [2012] QCA 278 R v McCall [20…
Eldridge v The State of Western Australia
[2020] WASCA 66
…oss [2012] HCA 56; 248 CLR 378 DDP v Haidari [2013] VSCA 149; 230 A Crim R 134 Dui Kol v The Queen [2015] NSWCCA 150 Eldridge v Western Australia [2020] WASCA 66 Electrolux Home Products Pty Ltd v Australian Workers’ Union [2004] HCA 40; 221 CLR 309 Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd [2007] HCA 22; 230…
R v A2
[2019] HCA 35
…for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] HCA 34; 262 CLR 362 Telstra Corporation Ltd v Treloar [2000] FCA 1170; 102 FCR 595 The Queen v A2 [2019] HCA 35; 269 CLR 507 Transurban City Link Ltd v Allan [1999] FCA 1723; 95 FCR 553 Woodside Energy Ltd v Zaghloul [2015] FCAFC 135; 234 FCR 198…
BVD17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
[2019] HCA 34
Para 1
…y depends on the nature of the right infringed by the legislation. As outlined by Edelman J in BVD17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] HCA 34; 268 CLR 29 at [55]:…
R v Abbas
[2019] WASCA 64
Para 1
…In R v Abbas [2019] WASCA 64; 277 A Crim R 105, the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Western Australia applied Bahar and summarised the relevant principles at [66] as follows:…
R v Jousif
[2017] NSWSC 1299
Para 1
…lth offences there is no “statutory or judicially determined “normal” ratio between the non-parole period and the total sentence”: R v Jousif [2017] NSWSC 1299; 325 FLR 108 at [315]. In my view, taking into account the circumstances of the case and what the minimum period of imprisonment should be, the appropriate n…
SZTAL v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
[2017] HCA 34
Para 1
…These principles were further discussed in SZTAL v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] HCA 34; 262 CLR 362 where Kiefel CJ, Nettle and Gordon JJ stated at [14]:…
Miller v The Queen
[2016] HCA 30
Para 1
…not a case where an intermediate appellate court ought to be unduly deferential to earlier intermediate appellate court decisions: Miller v The Queen [2016] HCA 30; 359 CLR 380 at [128]. Rather, this Court should carefully assess the principles outlined by the Court in Bahar and the criticisms made of that appro…
North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Ltd v Northern Territory
[2015] HCA 41
…rs v FAK19 [2021] FCAFC 153; 287 FCR 181 Nguyen v Nguyen (1990) 169 CLR 245 North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Ltd v Northern Territory [2015] HCA 41; 256 CLR 569 R v Abbas [2019] WASCA 64; 277 A Crim R 105 R v Delzotto [2021] NSWDC 325 R v Delzotto [2022] NSWCCA 117 R v Jousif [2017] NSWSC 1299; 325 FLR…
R v Pham
[2015] HCA 39
Para 1
…iticisms made of the sentences from both directions, we do not think the case reaches the threshold for appellate intervention identified in R v Pham [2015] HCA 39; 256 CLR 550, [28(7)] (French CJ, Keane and Nettle JJ):…
Woodside Energy Ltd v Zaghloul
[2015] FCAFC 135
Para 1
…In Woodside Energy Ltd v Zaghloul [2015] FCAFC 135; 234 FCR 198, in finding that a previous decision was not plainly wrong, the Court provided a “further important consideration” in that case at [42]:…
Dui Kol v R
[2015] NSWCCA 150
Para 1
…f Criminal Appeal subsequently followed Bahar in Bin Radimin v The Queen [2013] NSWCCA 2230; 235 A Crim R 244 ( Bin Radimin ) and Dui Kol v The Queen [2015] NSWCCA 150 ( Dui Kol ).…
Fortress Credit Corporation (Australia) II Pty Ltd v Fletcher
[2015] HCA 10
Para 1
…994) 181 CLR 96, 106 (Mason CJ, Brennan, Deane, Dawson, Toohey, Gaudron and McHugh JJ); Fortress Credit Corporation (Australia) II Pty Ltd v Fletcher [2015] HCA 10; 254 CLR 489, [15] ( Fletcher ) (French CJ, Hayne Kiefel, Gageler and Keane JJ). As noted in both of these cases, the validity of this presumption as…
Magaming v The Queen
[2013] HCA 40
…In Magaming v The Queen [2013] HCA 40; (2013) 252 CLR 381; (2013) 302 ALR 461; (2013) 87 ALJR 1060, the Court dealt with the question whether the prescription of a mandatory minimum sentence for an offence under s 233C(1) was constitutional. French CJ, Hayne, Crennan, Kiefel and Bell JJ observed (at [48]), a propos w…
Lee v New South Wales Crime Commission
[2013] HCA 39
…NSWCCA 23; 83 NSWLR 268 LCM Funding Pty Ltd v Stanwell Corporation Limited [2022] FCAFC 103; 402 ALR 297 Lee v New South Wales Crime Commission [2013] HCA 39; 251 CLR 196 Magaming v The Queen [2013] HCA 40; 252 CLR 381 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; 228 CLR 357 Miller v The Queen [2016] HCA 30; 359 CLR 380…
DPP (Cth) v Haidari
[2013] VSCA 149
Para 1
…The Victorian Court of Appeal followed the Bahar approach in DDP v Haidari [2013] VSCA 149; 230 A Crim R 134 at [43]. No submission was advanced to the Court that the approach in Bahar was plainly wrong.…
Bayu v The Queen
[2013] HCATrans 144
…21 Australian Securities Commission v Marlborough Gold Mines Ltd (1993) 177 CLR 485 Bahar v The Queen [2011] WASCA 249; 45 WAR 100 Bayu v The Queen [2013] HCATrans 144 Bin Radimin v The Queen [2013] NSWCCA 2230; 235 A Crim R 244 BHP Billiton Iron Ore v The National Competition Council [2007] FCAFC 157; 162 FCR 234 Bro…
Karim v The Queen; Magaming v The Queen; Bin Lahaiya v The Queen; Bayu v The Queen; Alomalu v The Queen (No 2)
[2013] NSWCCA 43
Para 1
…In Karim v The Queen [2013] NSWCCA 23; 83 NSWLR 268 (Karim), the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal dealt with several appeals involving a challenge to s 233C of the Migration Act . The Court also dealt with a challenge to the correctness of the Bahar approach, and, relevantly, a submission was advanced on behalf of…
Karim v The Queen
[2013] NSWCCA 23
Para 1
…In Karim v The Queen [2013] NSWCCA 23; 83 NSWLR 268 (Karim), the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal dealt with several appeals involving a challenge to s 233C of the Migration Act . The Court also dealt with a challenge to the correctness of the Bahar approach, and, relevantly, a submission was advanced on behalf of the…
Certain Lloyd's Underwriters v Cross
[2012] HCA 56
…rs Pte Ltd [2009] FCAFC 147; 180 FCR 11 BVD17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] HCA 34 Certain Lloyd’s Underwriters v Cross [2012] HCA 56; 248 CLR 378 DDP v Haidari [2013] VSCA 149; 230 A Crim R 134 Dui Kol v The Queen [2015] NSWCCA 150 Eldridge v Western Australia [2020] WASCA 66 Electrolu…
R v Selu; ex parte Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth)
[2012] QCA 345
Para 1
…in R v Karabi [2012] QCA 47; 220 A Crim R 338 ( Karabi ), R v Nitu [2012] QCA 224; [2013] 1 Qd R 459 ( Nitu ), R v Latif [2012] QCA 278 and R v Selu [2012] QCA 345 ( Selu ). Importantly, I note that no submissions were advanced in any of these cases that Bahar was plainly wrong. The only reference to whether Bah…
R v Latif; ex parte Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth)
[2012] QCA 278
Para 1
…e Queensland Court of Appeal in R v Karabi [2012] QCA 47; 220 A Crim R 338 ( Karabi ), R v Nitu [2012] QCA 224; [2013] 1 Qd R 459 ( Nitu ), R v Latif [2012] QCA 278 and R v Selu [2012] QCA 345 ( Selu ). Importantly, I note that no submissions were advanced in any of these cases that Bahar was plainly wrong. The o…
R v Nitu
[2012] QCA 224
Para 1
…The Bahar approach was subsequently followed by the Queensland Court of Appeal in R v Karabi [2012] QCA 47; 220 A Crim R 338 ( Karabi ), R v Nitu [2012] QCA 224; [2013] 1 Qd R 459 ( Nitu ), R v Latif [2012] QCA 278 and R v Selu [2012] QCA 345 ( Selu ). Importantly, I note that no submissions were advanced in any…
R v Karabi
[2012] QCA 47
Para 1
…The Bahar approach was subsequently followed by the Queensland Court of Appeal in R v Karabi [2012] QCA 47; 220 A Crim R 338 ( Karabi ), R v Nitu [2012] QCA 224; [2013] 1 Qd R 459 ( Nitu ), R v Latif [2012] QCA 278 and R v Selu [2012] QCA 345 ( Selu ). Importantly, I note that no submissions were advanced in any…
Australian Education Union v Department of Education and Children's Services
[2012] HCA 3
…CLR 27 Allison (a pseudonym) v the Queen [2021] VSCA 308; 362 FLR 445 Australian Education Union v Department of Education and Children’s Services [2012] HCA 3; 248 CLR 1 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v DB Management Pty Ltd [2000] HCA 7; 199 CLR 321 Australian Securities Commission v Marlbo…
Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen
[2011] HCA 49
…be the instrument of unequal justice and, so, injustice: R v Green [2010] NSWCCA 313; (2010) 207 A Crim R 148 at 156 [23]; and Green v The Queen [2011] HCA 49; (2011) 244 CLR 462 at 466 [4] and 489 [80]. On the other hand, approaching the matter as in Bahar permits all usual sentencing considerations, including…
Bahar v The Queen
[2011] WASCA 249
Para 1
…In 2011 in Bahar v The Queen [2011] WASCA 249; 45 WAR 100 ( Bahar ) the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Western Australia made an assumption. That assumption was that a mandatory minimum penalty as contained in s 233C of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ( Migration Act ) was equivalent to a maximum penalty. Tha…
Muldrock v The Queen
[2011] HCA 39
…Prima facie, that statement is equally applicable to minimum statutory penalties: see also Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120 at [26]-[31].…
R v Green
[2010] NSWCCA 313
…at that point also. The statute, and through it the order of the Court, would be the instrument of unequal justice and, so, injustice: R v Green [2010] NSWCCA 313; (2010) 207 A Crim R 148 at 156 [23]; and Green v The Queen [2011] HCA 49; (2011) 244 CLR 462 at 466 [4] and 489 [80]. On the other hand, approaching the…
Saeed v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
[2010] HCA 23
…ent", and not by "indirect references, uncertain inferences or equivocal considerations"[49]. [49] Saeed v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2010) 241 CLR 252 at 259 [14]-[15], quoting respectively Annetts v McCann (1990) 170 CLR 596 at 598; [1990] HCA 57 and The Commissioner of Police v Tanos (1958) 98 CLR 3…
Atherden v The State of Western Australia
[2010] WASCA 33
…such as a plea of guilty: Teakle v Western Australia (2007) 33 WAR 188 [19]. As Wheeler JA explained in Atherden v Western Australia [2010] WASCA 33: [I]n relation to at least some offences which fall towards the lower end of the range of culpability, the presence of a minimum term makes it impossible for a sente…
Brookfield Multiplex Ltd v International Litigation Funding Partners Pte Ltd
[2009] FCAFC 147
Para 1
…e Court held that the decision of a majority of a previous Full Court in Brookfield Multiplex Ltd v International Litigation Funding Partners Pte Ltd [2009] FCAFC 147; 180 FCR 11 ( Brookfield ) was plainly wrong.…
Alcan (NT) Alumina Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Territory Revenue
[2009] HCA 41
Para 1
…As the High Court outlined in Alcan (NT) Alumina Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Territory Revenue [2009] HCA 41; 239 CLR 27 at [47]:…
R v Ironside
[2009] SASC 151
…substantially impairs or is incompatible with the institutional integrity of the courts: see Palling v Corfield (1970) 123 CLR 52 at 58; R v Ironside (2009) 104 SASR 54.…
Gett v Tabet
[2009] NSWCA 76
Para 1
…ple carefully worked out and whether the earlier decision had been otherwise acted upon”: FAK19 at [10] (Allsop CJ) referring to Gett v Tabet [2009] NSWCA 76; 254 ALR 504 at [292]–[301].…
Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd
[2007] HCA 22
Para 1
…ly wrong”: Australian Securities Commission v Marlborough Gold Mines Ltd (1993) 177 CLR 485 at 492; Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd [2007] HCA 22; 230 CLR 89 at [135].…
Teakle v The State of Western Australia
[2007] WASCA 15
…sions it will not be possible to allow a usual discount for a mitigatory factor, such as a plea of guilty: Teakle v Western Australia (2007) 33 WAR 188 [19]. As Wheeler JA explained in Atherden v Western Australia [2010] WASCA 33: [I]n relation to at least some offences which fall towards the lower end of the range…
BHP Billiton Iron Ore Pty Ltd v The National Competition Council
[2006] FCA 1764
Para 1
…As Greenwood J stated in BHP Billiton Iron Ore v The National Competition Council [2007] FCAFC 157; 162 FCR 234 at [86]:…
Markarian v The Queen
[2005] HCA 25
Para 1
…ll the circumstances of the offence”. This reflects the manner of exercise of the sentencing jurisdiction at common law. In Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; 228 CLR 357 ( Markarian ) the majority said (at [31]):…
Electrolux Home Products Pty Ltd v Australian Workers' Union
[2004] HCA 40
Para 1
…uding those responsible for developing and drafting legislation. To similar effect, in Electrolux Home Products Pty Ltd v Australian Workers’ Union [2004] HCA 40; 221 CLR 309, [81] (a passage quoted in Fletcher ), McHugh J relied on an observation that:…
Wong v The Queen
[2001] HCA 64
…the law and the basal notion of justice that underpins, informs and binds the legal system. As Gaudron, Gummow and Hayne JJ said in Wong v The Queen [2001] HCA 64; (2001) 207 CLR 584 at 608 [65], “[e]qual justice requires identity of outcome in cases that are relevantly identical. It requires different outcomes…
Telstra Corporation Ltd v Treloar
[2000] FCA 1170
Para 1
…the matter is one of statutory construction. These considerations include that “the error is clear or patent” ( Telstra Corporation Ltd v Treloar [2000] FCA 1170; 102 FCR 595 ( Treloar ) at [28]), rather than “merely a difference of view as to meaning” ( Transurban City Link Ltd v Allan [1999] FCA 1723; 95 FCR 553…
Australian Securities and Investments Commission v DB Management Pty Ltd
[2000] HCA 7
…v Department of Education and Children’s Services [2012] HCA 3; 248 CLR 1 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v DB Management Pty Ltd [2000] HCA 7; 199 CLR 321 Australian Securities Commission v Marlborough Gold Mines Ltd (1993) 177 CLR 485 Bahar v The Queen [2011] WASCA 249; 45 WAR 100 Bayu v The…
Transurban City Link Ltd v Allan
[1999] FCA 1723
Para 1
…[2000] FCA 1170; 102 FCR 595 ( Treloar ) at [28]), rather than “merely a difference of view as to meaning” ( Transurban City Link Ltd v Allan [1999] FCA 1723; 95 FCR 553 at [29]), and that it has caused “unintended and perhaps irrational consequences” ( Treloar at [28]).…