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Case: Ceremonial Sitting to mark the occasion of the retirement of the Honourable Robert Shenton French AC as Chief Justice of The High Court of Australia
Date: 05 December 2016
Transcript: available
AV time: 40m
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The Queen v. Dickman
Case No.
M162/2016
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
23/11/2015 Supreme Court of Victoria (Court of Appeal) (Whelan, Priest JJA & Croucher AJA)
Catchwords
Criminal law – Evidence – Identification Evidence – Where respondent was identified using a photoboard – Evidence Act 2008 (Vic) – Where respondent was convicted of intentionally causing serious injury and making a threat to kill – Where Court of Appeal by majority quashed conviction and ordered a new trial – Whether Court of Appeal erred in in holding that the trial judge erred in failing to exercise discretion to exclude identification evidence.
Documents
18/11/2016 Hearing (SLA, Melbourne)
02/12/2016 Notice of appeal
23/12/2016 Written submissions (Appellant)
23/12/2016 Chronology (Appellant)
27/01/2017 Written submissions (Respondent)
10/02/2016 Reply
06/04/2017 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
21/06/2017 Judgment (Judgment summary)
Transport Accident Commission v. Katanas
Case No.
M160/2016
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
17/06/2016 Supreme Court of Victoria (Court of Appeal) (Ashley, Osborn & Kaye JJA)
Catchwords
Compensation – Transport accident – Transport Accident Act 1986 (Vic) – Meaning of “serious injury” – Test for establishing whether an injury is a “serious injury” within the meaning of s 93 of the Transport Accident Act 1986 (Vic) – Application of Humphries v Poljak [1992] 2 VR 129 – Whether Court of Appeal applied correct test.
Documents
18/11/2016 Hearing (SLA, Melbourne)
01/12/2016 Notice of appeal
09/12/2016 Written submissions (Appellant)
09/12/2016 Chronology (Appellant)
27/01/2017 Written submissions (Respondent)
10/02/2017 Reply
11/05/2017 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
17/08/2017 Judgment (Judgment summary)
The Queen v. Dookheea
Case No.
M159/2016
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
12/04/2016 Supreme Court of Victoria (Court of Appeal) (Maxwell P, Redlich JA & Croucher AJA)
Catchwords
Criminal law – Jury directions – Where respondent was convicted of murder – Where respondent admitted to the unlawful killing of the victim – Where issue at trial was whether respondent had requisite intention – Where trial judge explained to jury "beyond reasonable doubt" – Where Court of Appeal allowed appeal and ordered re-trial – Whether Court of Appeal erred in allowing appeal.
Documents
18/11/2016 Hearing (SLA, Melbourne)
30/11/2016 Notice of appeal
16/12/2016 Written submissions (Appellant)
16/12/2016 Chronology (Appellant)
27/01/2017 Written submissions (Respondent)
10/02/2017 Reply
19/06/2017 Hearing (Full Court, Adelaide)
13/09/2017 Judgment (Judgment summary)
Commissioner of Taxation v. Jayasinghe
Case No.
S275/2016
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
9/06/2016 Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia (Allsop CJ, Pagone J, Davies J)
Catchwords
Taxation – International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963 (Cth) – Where respondent is civil engineer engaged by the United Nations – Where under the Act and Regulations made under the Act a person who “holds an office in an international organisation” engages taxation exemptions - Whether respondent is a person who “holds and office in an international organisation” under the Act and Regulations made under the Act.
Documents
16/11/2016 Hearing (SLA, Sydney)
30/11/2016 Notice of appeal
21/12/2016 Written submissions (Appellant)
21/12/2016 Chronology (Appellant)
25/01/2017 Written submissions (Respondent)
07/02/2017 Reply
29/03/2017 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
09/08/2017 Judgment (Judgment summary)