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the court decided to adopt the High Court ruling in Mutual Life & Citizens' Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Evatt (1968) over the Privy Council decision which overruled the High Court. This re-affirmed the broad approach taken to statements of negligent misrepresentation. Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen: 1982 153 CLR 168 Gibbs
Trade and commerce power in the Australian Constitution cases (1 C, 11 P) Pages in category "High Court of Australia cases" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 289 total.
Craig v South Australia ; Court: High Court of Australia: Full case name: ANTHONY DAVID CRAIG v. THE STATE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA : Decided: 1995: Citation: 184 CLR 163: Court membership; Judges sitting: Brennan CJ, Deane, Toohey, Gaudron, and McHugh JJ: Case opinions; Appeal allowed the trial judge did not make a jurisdictional error
The Wheat case sounded the death knell, not only to the Inter-State Commission, but also to the combined function approach to administrative adjudication in Australia. [21] The decision continues to have ramifications for both federal courts and non-judicial tribunals and has been followed in numerous High Court decisions, including
Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (commonly known as the Mabo case or simply Mabo) is a landmark decision of the High Court of Australia that recognised the existence of Native Title in Australia. [1] It was brought by Eddie Mabo and others against the State of Queensland, and decided on 3 June 1992.
South Australia v Commonwealth ("the First Uniform Tax case") [1] is a decision of the High Court of Australia that established the Commonwealth government's ability to impose a scheme of uniform income tax across the country and displace the State.
Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd, commonly known as the Engineers case, [1] was a landmark decision by the High Court of Australia on 31 August 1920. The immediate issue concerned the Commonwealth's power under s 51(xxxv) of the Constitution but the court did not confine itself to that question, using the opportunity ...
The case was closely related to another proceeding in the High Court (Mabo v Queensland (No 2), [4] decided in 1992) which was a dispute between the Meriam people (of the Mer Islands in the Torres Strait) and the Government of Queensland, in which several Meriam people, principally Eddie Mabo, contested that they had certain native title rights over the Murray Islands.