Davis v Commonwealth

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
CourtHigh Court
Neutral Citation1986-1110 HCA A
Date1986
Year1986

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8 cases
  • Unions NSW v New South Wales
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 15 February 2023
    ...95 CLR 43 at 67. 80 [1978] AC 435 at 500. 81 (1997) 191 CLR 119 at 132, referring to Davis v The Commonwealth (1986) 61 ALJR 32 at 35; 68 ALR 18 at 23, and Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 at 82 Australian Conservation Foundation v The Commonwealth (1980) 146 CLR 4......
  • Access For All Alliance (Hervey Bay) Inc v Hervey Bay City Council
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 2 May 2007
    ...& Equal Opportunity Commission (1999) 93 FCR 481 cited Dajon Investments Pty Ltd v Talbot [1969] VR 603 cited Davis v Commonwealth (1986) 68 ALR 18 cited Defence Coalition against RCD Inc v Minister for Primary Industries and Energy (1997) 74 FCR 142 considered Dey v Victorian Railways Comm......
  • Hobart International Airport Pty Ltd v Clarence City Council Australia Pacific Airports (Launceston) Pty Ltd v Northern Midlands Council
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 9 March 2022
    ...well as Seamen's Union of Australia v Utah Development Co (1978) 144 CLR 120 at 126-127; Davis v The Commonwealth (1986) 61 ALJR 32 at 35; 68 ALR 18 at 23; Truth About Motorways Pty Ltd v Macquarie Infrastructure Investment Management Ltd (2000) 200 CLR 591 at 599 [2], 603 [20], 609 [39], 6......
  • Taylor v Department of Health
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 24 September 2020
    ...Affairs Commission v Solomon (unreported, 1 November 1989, Supreme Court of New South Wales Court of Appeal) Davis v Commonwealth (1986) 68 ALR 18 Ermel v Duluxgroup (Aust) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] FCA 17 Favell v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd [2005] HCA 52, (2005) 79 ALJR 1716 Forrest v Austr......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Griffith University V Tang, ‘Under an Enactment’ and Limiting Access to Judicial Review
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 33-3, September 2005
    • 1 September 2005
    ...Croome v Tasmania (1997) 191 CLR 119 ('Croome'), where Gaudron, McHugh and Gummow JJ stated: The Chief Justice [in Davis v Commonwealth (1986) 68 ALR 18] described as 'analogous' the questions of standing to bring an action challenging the validity of an Act of the Parliament and of the suf......