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Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Keating
[2013] HCA 20
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
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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WBM v Chief Commissioner of Police
[2010] VSC 219
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]…
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KRM v The Queen
[2001] HCA 11
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Leon Fink Holdings Pty Ltd v Australian Film Commission
[1979] HCA 26
Para 2
…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 Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 at 382. [48] Project Blue Sky v Australian Broadcasting A…
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S v the Queen
[1989] HCA 66
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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R v JS
[2007] NSWCCA 2007
Para 6
…trine rather than in the presumption against retrospectivity - or a combination of the operation of both - but the end result is the same. [9] R v JS [2007] NSWCCA 2007 at [46]…
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The Commonwealth v Baume
89 ER 480
Para 2
…& 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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1 NZLR 1
1 NZLR 1
Para 3
…lars such as dates would not be in breach of this section.[35] [35] R v Cote [1977] 1 SCR 8 at 13, W v Attorney General P v Wellington District Court 1 NZLR 1 at 10…
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[1977] 1 SCR 8
[1977] 1 SCR 8
Para 3
…t see how this section is engaged. An unavoidable vagueness about particulars such as dates would not be in breach of this section.[35] [35] R v Cote [1977] 1 SCR 8 at 13, W v Attorney General P v Wellington District Court 1 NZLR 1 at 10…
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Project Blue Sky v Australian Broadcasting Authority
(1998) 194 CLR 255
Para 2
…n Film Commission (1979) 141 CLR 672 at 679 per Mason J; Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 at 382. [48] Project Blue Sky v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 at [71]. [49] The Commonwealth v Baume (1905) 2 CLR 405 at 414 (Griffith CJ) at 419 (O'Connor J); Chu Kheng Lim v Minister for Immigration Lo…
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Project Blue Sky Inc & Ors v Australian Broadcasting Authority
[1996] FCA 660
Para 3
…the incidents of the commission of the offence are alleged to 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…