D'orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid
Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
Judge | Gleeson CJ,Gummow,Hayne,Heydon JJ,McHugh J,KIRBY J,Callinan J |
Judgment Date | 10 March 2005 |
Neutral Citation | [2005] HCA 12,2005-0310 HCA A |
Court | High Court |
Docket Number | M61/2003 |
Date | 10 March 2005 |
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...been accepted as part of the law of Singapore. 114 105 Parker v he Queen (1963) 111 CLR 610 at 632; D’Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid (2005) 223 CLR 1 at [59]. 106 See also Hayne, “he High Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom: the continued evolution of legal re......
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Table of Cases
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