Commonwealth v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Court | High Court |
| Neutral Citation | 1980-1201 HCA A,[1980] HCA 44 |
| Date | 1980 |
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Attorney General for England & Wales v Brandon Book Publishers Ltd
...3 AER 316 AG V THE OBSERVER LTD & ORS 26/7/86 THE TIMES ARGYLL V ARGYLL 1967 CH 302 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA V JOHN FAIRFAX & SONS LTD 147 CLR 39 CONSTITUTION ART 40.6.1 HOUSE OF SPRING GARDENS V POINT BLANK 1984 IR 611 Synopsis: CONSTITUTION Personal rights Freedom of expression - Publi......
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Henderson v Walker
...(Engineers) Ltd, above n 29, at 47. 35 At 48. 36 Hunt v A, above n 30, at [75]. 37 Commonwealth of Australia v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1980) 147 CLR 39 at 50, citing Tipping v Clarke (1843) 2 Hare 383 at 393, 67 ER 157 at 161 and Lamb v Evans [1893] 1 Ch 218 at 235. 38 Fraser v Evans [19......
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His Honour Judge Alan P. Mahon, Her Honour Judge Mary Faherty and His Honour Judge Gerald B. Keys (members of the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments) v Post Publications Ltd trading as The Sunday Business Post
...that seeks the remedy. In my view, for reasons so cogently stated by Mason J. in Commonwealth of Australia v. John Fairfax & Sons Ltd. (1980) 147 C.L.R. 39, which I will not repeat because they are fully cited in the speech of Lord Keith of Kinkel, a government that wishes to enforce silenc......
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R v Department of Health, ex parte Source Informatics Ltd
...such relief has long been asserted and should, in my view, now be accepted:see Commonwealth of Australia v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1980) 147 CLR 39, 50–52. Like most heads of exclusive equitable jurisdiction, its rational basis does not lie in proprietary right. It lies in the notion of an......
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Confidential information and departing employees - the threat from within
...Clark (Engineers) Ltd (1968) 1A IPR 587 at 591; [1968] FSR 415; [1969] RPC 41. 28 See also Commonwealth v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1980) 147 CLR 39 at 51; 32 ALR 485; 55 ALJR 29Above, n 4. 30Above, n 11. 31Above, n 4. 32See also Wright v Gasweld Pty Ltd (1991) 22 NSWLR 317 at 329 per Gl......
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THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF FAIR DEALING
...at 1177 (9th Cir, 2012). 59 British Oxygen v Liquid Air [1925] 1 Ch 383 at 393, per Romer LJ. 60 Commonwealth v John Fairfax & Sons (1980) 32 ALR 485 at 495; Hyde Park Residence v Yelland[2001] Ch 143 at 159; Queensland v TCN Channel Nine(1992) 25 IPR 58 at 63; Beloff v Pressdram[1973] FSR ......
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The Legal Personality of the Commonwealth of Australia
...Webb, Fullagar and Kitto JJ).151. Williams (No 1) (2012) 248 CLR 156, 236 [151], quoting Commonwealth v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd(1980) 147 CLR 39, 51 (Mason J), the discussion of the considerations governing the protection byequitable injunction of the information of government. One example ......
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Open Justice: Concepts and Judicial Approaches
...good reasons to impose blanket — or at least prima facie — prohibitions in such cases. 114 See eg, Commonwealth v John Fairfax & Sons (1980) 147 CLR 39 (the 'Defence Papers Case'); In re Guardian News and Media Ltd and others [2010] 2 AC 697. 406 Federal Law Review Volume 40 _______________......
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Secrecy Provisions in Commonwealth Legislation
...Commission on Intelligence and Security (1977) 4th Report Vol 2,Appendix4E.20[1979] WAR30,32.21See Commonwealth vJohn Fairfax &Sons Ltd (1980) 147 CLR 39, 50; Allied MillsIndustries PtyLtdvTrade Practices Commission (1981) 34 ALR 105, 118;Attorney-General yJonathon Cape Ltd [1976] 1QB752.22......
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