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Five of the magistrates, [6] commenced proceedings in the Supreme Court of NSW seeking an order that they be appointed magistrates. They were unsuccessful at first, [ 7 ] however the NSW Court of Appeal held that the decision of the Attorney-General not to recommend their appointment as Magistrates was void because it was made in such a way as ...
New South Wales v Commonwealth (also called the WorkChoices case) [1] is a landmark decision of the High Court of Australia, which held that the federal government's WorkChoices legislation [2] was a valid exercise of federal legislative power under the Constitution of Australia.
Whether a duty of care is owed for psychiatric, as opposed to physical, harm was discussed in the Australian case of Tame v State of New South Wales; Annetts v Australian Stations Pty Ltd (2002). [11] [12] Determining a duty for mental harm has now been subsumed into the Civil Liability Act 2002 in New South Wales. [13]
Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales, [1] ("Codelfa") is a widely cited Australian contract law case, [2] which serves as authority for the modern approach to contractual construction. [3] The case greatly influenced the development of the Eastern Suburbs railway line.
The Court of Appeal operates pursuant to the Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW). The Court hears appeals from a variety of courts and tribunals in New South Wales, in particular the Supreme Court, the Industrial Court, the Land and Environment Court, the District Court, the Dust Diseases Tribunal, the Workers Compensation Commission, and the Government and Related Employees Appeal Tribunal. [1]
The High Court's decision was handed down on 10 August 2022, [1] with its reasons published the same day. [6] In the judgment summary, the Court stated that they held: [1] that ss 11 and 12 of the SD Act did not impermissibly burden the implied freedom in their application to, respectively, the communication or publication by a person of a record or report, or the possession by a person of a ...
The NSWLR began in 1970, following the establishment of the Council of Law Reporting by the Council of Law Reporting Act 1969. They replaced the State Reports, New South Wales (which began in 1901) as the authorised reports in New South Wales. [4] The current Editor of the NSWLR is Perry Herzfeld SC who has held the position since 2022.
The scales of justice. Reasonable and probable grounds have evolved from common-law judgments, employing judicial discretion to make a balanced ruling. [8] Two principles guide the reasonable and probable grounds necessary to act on certain powers: [4] reasonable suspicion and reasonable necessity.