Butler v Attorney-General (Victoria)

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
CourtHigh Court
Neutral Citation1961-0602 HCA A,[1961] HCA 32
Year1961
Date1961

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    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 8 November 2006
    ...than one year; section 200 applies to the person.’ 30 (1908) 7 CLR 1. 31 (1908) 7 CLR 1 at 7. 32 See Butler v Attorney-General (Vict) (1961) 106 CLR 268 at 275; Saraswati v The Queen (1991) 172 CLR 1 at 17–18; Shergold v Tanner (2002) 209 CLR 126 at 136–137 [34]–[35]; Dossett v TKJ Nominees......
  • Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v B
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 29 April 2004
    ...South Australia (1923) 32 CLR 276 at 282–283, 289, 294, 297; Victorian Railways Commissioners v Speed (1928) 40 CLR 434 at 439; Butler v Attorney-General (Vict) (1961) 106 CLR 268 at 276, 280, 290; Saraswati v The Queen (1991) 172 CLR 1 at 17, 203 MA, s 196(3); cf Immigration and Naturaliza......
  • Gall v Domino's Pizza Enterprises Limited (No 2)
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 13 April 2021
    ...Board v Inglis (1985) 1 NSWLR 592 Butcher v Lachlan Elder Realty Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 60; 218 CLR 592 Butler v Attorney-General (Victoria) [1961] HCA 32; (1961) 106 CLR 268 Byrne v Australian Airlines Ltd [1995] HCA 24; (1995) 185 CLR 410 Campbell v BackOffice Investments Pty Ltd [2009] HCA 2......
  • Fortress Credit Corporation (Australia) II Pty Ltd v Fletcher
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 8 February 2013
    ...Alumina Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Territory Revenue (2009) 239 CLR 27 at 46–47 [47]; [2009] HCA 41. 103Butler v Attorney-General (Vict) (1961) 106 CLR 268 at 276; [1961] HCA 32 cited in Saraswati v The Queen (1991) 172 CLR 1 at 17; [1991] HCA 21. See also Ferdinands v Commissioner for Publi......
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9 books & journal articles
  • Human Rights Protection in Australia: Interpretation Provisions and Parliamentary Supremacy
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 32-1, March 2004
    • 1 March 2004
    ...statutes, as a result of the Commonwealth Constitution s 109. In relation to the effect of s 109, see Butler v Attorney-General (Vic) (1961) 106 CLR 268, especially 286 (Windeyer J); Western Australia v Commonwealth (1995) 183 CLR 373, 464–8 (Mason CJ, Brennan, Deane, Toohey, Gaudron and Mc......
  • Human Rights Protection in Australia: Interpretation Provisions and Parliamentary Supremacy
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 32-1, March 2004
    • 1 March 2004
    ...statutes, as a result of the Commonwealth Constitution s 109. In relation to the effect of s 109, see Butler v Attorney-General (Vic) (1961) 106 CLR 268, especially 286 (Windeyer J); Western Australia v Commonwealth (1995) 183 CLR 373, 464–8 (Mason CJ, Brennan, Deane, Toohey, Gaudron and Mc......
  • Sharing Water from Transboundary Rivers: Limits on State Power
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 44-1, March 2016
    • 1 March 2016
    ...offending s 109 in that context is ‘inoperative’: Wenn v Attorney-General (Vic) (1948) 77 CLR 84; Butler v Attorney-General (Vic) (1961) 106 CLR 268. 11 See Renard, above n 7; Ian Renard, Australian Interstate Rivers – Legal Rights and Administration (LLM Thesis, University of Melbourne, 19......
  • UWAIFO V. A-G. BENDEL STATE & ORS.
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Nigerian Supreme Court Cases. 1982 Cases reported in 1982
    • 22 November 2022
    ...of Lands (1895) A.C. 425. 24.Reynolds v. Attorney-General of Nova Scotia (1896) A.C. 240. 25.Butler v. Attorney-General (Victoria) 106 C.L.R. 268. at 275 and 276. 40 26. Eruku v. Military Governor of Mid-Western State of Nigeria (1974) 1 All N.L.R. 163 - 175. Chief F.R.A. Williams S.A.N. (w......
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