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Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550; [1985] HCA 81

Case name: Kioa v West
Full title: Kioa and Others v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs and Another Citation: (1985) 159 CLR 550; [1985] HCA 81 Court: High Court of Australia
Decided: 18 December 1985
Bench: Gibbs CJ, Mason, Wilson, Brennan and Deane JJ
AustLII link: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1985/81.html

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Coe v Commonwealth (1979) 53 ALJR 403; 24 ALR 118

https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/HCA/1979/68.html
See also A Matter of Precedent

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Full case name: Coe v The Commonwealth of Australia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Heard in Sydney, 24 October 1978. Decided 5 April 1979. Bench: Gibbs, Jacobs, Murphy, and Aickin JJ, four justices only, not … Read article

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A Matter of Precedent

Fiat justitia ruat caelum — let justice be done though the heavens fall: a formula demanding that a legal question be examined on its merits, whatever the examination might disturb.

See also Coe v Commonwealth (1979)

A Matter of Precedent: What Olivia Barr’s Article Invites Australian Law to Examine

The Narrow Claim, Stated Precisely

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Notable case law, land held in fee simple

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Udny v Udny 1869

Udny v Udny (1869) LR 1 Sc & Div 441

A Summary of the Decision and its Implications

Nemo potest exuere patriam.

No man can cast off his native land.


The case in brief

Udny v Udny was decided by the House of Lords in 1869. The question before the court was whether a child born out of wedlock had … Read article

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Tipler & Ors v Moreton Bay City Council [2025] QSC 194

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Link: https://www.queenslandjudgments.com.au/caselaw/qsc/2025/194


Tipler & Ors v Moreton Bay City Council [2025] QSC 194

Court: Supreme Court of Queensland, Trial Division Judge: Smith J Date: 15 August 2025 (ex tempore) Citation: [2025] QSC 194 File: BS 2741/25


Parties

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Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher

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Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher

Citation: [1988] HCA 7; (1988) 164 CLR 387; (1988) 76 ALR 513

Court: High Court of Australia

Judges: Mason CJ, Wilson J, Brennan J, Deane J, Gaudron J

Decided: 19 February 1988

Argued: Canberra, … Read article

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Chief Executive Officer, Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority v Director of National Parks [2024] HCA 16

Case Summary

Court: High Court of Australia

Decided: 8 May 2024

Bench: Gageler CJ, Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ (unanimous – seven judges)

Available: hcourt.gov.au (full reasons for judgment, publicly available)


Background

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Johnston & Ors v Carroll (Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service) & Anor; Witthahn & Ors v Wakefield; Sutton & Ors v Carroll [2024] QSC 2

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Johnston & Ors v Carroll (Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service) & Anor; Witthahn & Ors v Wakefield; Sutton & Ors v Carroll [2024] QSC 2


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