Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
CourtHigh Court
Judgment Date1992
Neutral Citation[1992] HCA 10,1992-0409 HCA A
Date1992
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  • Construction & Infrastructure News - 9 October 2018
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 11 October 2018
    ...the moratorium until March 2017 were unlawful - Discretionary nature of declaratory relief - Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission [1992] HCA 10; (1992) 175 CLR 564 considered - Declaratory relief refused on the basis relief lacked This publication does not deal with every important topic......
13 books & journal articles
  • Judicial Review of Non-Statutory Executive Powers
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review Nbr. 31-3, September 2003
    • 1 September 2003
    ...entirely. 88 See generally Wheeler, above n 36, 463–66; Brennan, above n 46, 26–27; Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564, 585 (Brennan J). 89 Craig v South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163, 179; Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf (2001) 206 CLR 323,......
  • Of Kings and Officers — The Judicial Development of Public Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review Nbr. 33-2, June 2005
    • 1 June 2005
    ...of right is now seen as being within the inherent jurisdiction of a superior court: see Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564, 581–2. As such the remedy may not properly be described as 'equitable', being a remedy also available from a common law court. 109 See Lord Woo......
  • Griffith University V Tang, ‘Under an Enactment’ and Limiting Access to Judicial Review
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review Nbr. 33-3, September 2005
    • 1 September 2005
    ...152 CLR 570,591, 603; Mellifont v Attorney-General (Qld) (1991) 173 CLR 289, 303, 316, 321–2; Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 ('Ainsworth'), 582. 94 (2002) 209 CLR 372 ('Re McBain'). 95 Ibid 382 (Gleeson CJ), citing In re Judiciary and Navigation Acts (1921) 29 CL......
  • Private Bodies, Public Power and Soft Law in the High Court
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review Nbr. 35-1, March 2007
    • 1 March 2007
    ...it a decision under an enactment when it is not under an enactment if made legally. See Mantziaris and McDonald, above n 6, 42–3. 80 (1992) 175 CLR 564. 81 Ibid 582–3. 82 Ibid 584–5. 83 Most of the cases concerned the natural justice grounds, but the debate extends in principle to other gro......
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