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Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Keating
[2013] HCA 20
Citation 1
(Para 2)
…l’. It is equally so if the statute retrospectively alters a fundamental common law right or principle. [10]See, for example, DPP (Cth) v Keating (2013) 248 CLR 459, at 479 [48]; R v Kidman (1915) 20 CLR 425;…
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Momcilovic v The Queen
[2011] HCA 34
Citation 2
(Para 7)
…they are capable of more than one meaning, then you can choose between those meanings, but beyond that you must not go. [36] Momcilovic v The Queen (2011) 245 CLR 1…
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KRM v The Queen
[2001] HCA 11
Citation 3
(Para 7)
…g), the case itself did not concern the question of retrospectivity, and none of the other justices made reference to the issue. [22] KRM v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 221 at [100]…
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Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority
[1998] HCA 53
Citation 4
(Para 3)
…have taken place” – must be given its ordinary grammatical meaning.[16] [16] Project Blue Sky Inc & Ors v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355…
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Walsh v Tattersall
[1996] HCA 26
Citation 5
(Para 3)
…ted notion of latent ambiguity (where the prosecution cannot identity the one transaction out of a number on which it relies) [26] Walsh v Tattersall (1996) 188 CLR 77 at 11 per Kirby J [27] KRM v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 221 [28] KRM v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 221 at [16] per McHugh J…
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Chu Kheng Lim v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs
[1992] HCA 64
Citation 6
(Para 2)
…lth v Baume (1905) 2 CLR 405 at 414 (Griffith CJ) at 419 (O'Connor J); Chu Kheng Lim v Minister for Immigration Local Government & Ethnic Affairs (1992) 176 CLR 1 at 12-13 (Mason CJ). [50] Commonwealth v Baume (1905) 2 CLR 405 at 414. [51] R v Berchet (1688) 1 Show KB 106 [89 ER 480].…
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Polyukhovich v The Commonwealth
[1990] HCA 40
Citation 7
(Para 1)
…of criminal liability of retrospective operation.[2] [1] Maxwell v Murphy ( 1957) 96 CLR 261 at 267 per Dixon CJ [2] Polyukhovich v The Commonwealth (1991) 172 CLR 501 at 609-612 per Deane J, 642-643 per Dawson J, 686-690 per Toohey J; See the maxim nullum crimen sine lege, nulla poena sine lege .…
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Rodway v The Queen
[1990] HCA 19
Citation 8
(Para 2)
…te to say that there is no presumption against retrospectivity in the case of statutes which affect mere matters of procedure. [3] Rodway v The Queen (1990) 169 CLR 515 at 518.…
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Re Australian Federation of Construction Contractors; Ex parte Billing
[1986] HCA 74
Citation 9
(Para 5)
…hs, Sydney 2011 [3.17] and the authorities contained therein including Re Australian Federation of Construction Contractors; Ex parte Billing (1986) 68 ALR 416 at 420.…
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Maxwell v Murphy
[1957] HCA 7
Citation 10
(Para 3)
…tatute expressly or by necessary implication requires such construction”[12], or “a special intention appears”.[13] [11] Maxwell v Murphy (1957) 96 CLR 261 at 267 [12] Rodway v The Queen (1990) 169 CLR 515 at 518 [13] Newell v The King (1936) 55 CLR 707 at 711…
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Shanahan v Scott
[1957] HCA 4
Citation 11
(Para 1)
…ghts are affected. It includes a presumption against the imposition of criminal liability of retrospective operation.[2] [1] Maxwell v Murphy ( 1957) 96 CLR 261 at 267 per Dixon CJ [2] Polyukhovich v The Commonwealth (1991) 172 CLR 501 at 609-612 per Deane J, 642-643 per Dawson J, 686-690 per Toohey J; See th…
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Johnson v Miller
[1937] HCA 77
Citation 12
(Para 3)
…re of the offence with which he is charged but also of the particular act, matter or thing alleged as the foundation of the charge" [Johnson v Miller (1937) 59 CLR 467 at 489 per Dixon J]. These particulars are needed to ensure that the accused person has a fair opportunity to defend the charge.[28] [24]eg S v The Q…
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Newell v The King
[1936] HCA 50
Citation 13
(Para 3)
…“a special intention appears”.[13] [11] Maxwell v Murphy (1957) 96 CLR 261 at 267 [12] Rodway v The Queen (1990) 169 CLR 515 at 518 [13] Newell v The King (1936) 55 CLR 707 at 711…
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R v Kidman
[1915] HCA 58
Citation 14
(Para 2)
…ctively alters a fundamental common law right or principle. [10]See, for example, DPP (Cth) v Keating (2013) 248 CLR 459, at 479 [48]; R v Kidman (1915) 20 CLR 425;…
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Commonwealth v Baume
[1905] HCA 11
Citation 15
(Para 2)
…all prove superfluous, void, or insignificant, if by any other construction they may all be made useful and pertinent”. [47] Commonwealth v Baume (1905) 2 CLR 405 at 414 per Griffith CJ; Leon Fink Holdings Pty Ltd v Australian Film Commission (1979) 141 CLR 672 at 679 per Mason J; Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian…
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S v The Queen
[2001] HCATrans 176
Citation 16
(Para 3)
…89 per Dixon J]. These particulars are needed to ensure that the accused person has a fair opportunity to defend the charge.[28] [24]eg S v The Queen (1989) 168 CLR 266. [25]As well the related notion of latent ambiguity (where the prosecution cannot identity the one transaction out of a number on which it relies) [2…
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WBM v Chief Commissioner of Police
[2010] VSC 219
Citation 17
(Para 8)
…nded by s 53 of the Justice Legislation (Further Amendment) Act 2006) is clear and unequivocal.[38] [37] WBM v Commissioner of Police [2010] VSC 219, at [29]-[30] [38] WBM v Commissioner of Police [2010] VSC 219, at [35]…