Environment Protection Authority v Caltex Refining Company Pty Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
CourtHigh Court
Judgment Date1993
Neutral Citation[1993] HCA 74,1993-1224 HCA A
Date1993
Year1993

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3 firm's commentaries
  • Corporations beware! The High Court delivers - Contempt 101
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 26 June 2015
    ...v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (2004) 220 CLR 129 at 142 per Gleeson CJ, Gummow, Hayne, Callinan and Heydon JJ. 13 (1993) 178 CLR 477 where the High Court held that "a corporation charged with an offence may not resist a lawful command to produce documents to a prosecuti......
  • Self incrimination, regulators and commissions – do I really have to answer that question?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 15 March 2016
    ...see Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 1316A for criminal proceedings; Environment Protection Authority v Caltex Refining Co Pty Ltd (1993) 178 CLR 477; Daniels Corporation International Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (2002) 213 CLR 543, [31] (Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, Gummo......
  • The privilege against self-incrimination in regulatory investigations
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 20 September 2019
    ...209, [44]. 6 Lee v New South Wales Crime Commission (2013) 251 CLR 196. 7 Environment Protection Authority v Caltex Refining Co Pty Ltd (1993) 178 CLR 477, 503 (Mason CJ and Toohey 8 Environment Protection Authority v Caltex Refining Co Pty Ltd (1993) 178 CLR 477, 503 (Mason CJ and Toohey J......
10 books & journal articles
  • Legal Advice Privilege and the Corporate Client
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 9-3, July 2005
    • 1 July 2005
    ...See McHugh J’s comments to this effect in the Australian case of Environment ProtectionAuthority v Caltex Refining Co. Pty Ltd (1993) 178 CLR 477, HC, at 554 (in the context of theprivilege against self-incrimination) and Esso Australia Resources Ltd v FCT (1999) 201 CLR 49 at89, discussed ......
  • Territory Courts and Federal Jurisdiction
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 33-1, March 2005
    • 1 March 2005
    ...306–7, 311 (Mason CJ and McHugh J), 316 (Brennan J), 327 (Deane J); Environment Protection Authority v Caltex Refining Co Pty Ltd (1993) 178 CLR 477, 508 (Mason CJ and Toohey J), 556 (McHugh J); Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd (1994) 179 CLR 520, 556 (Mason CJ, Deane, Dawson, ......
  • Defining the Limits of the Common-Law, South African and European Privilege against Self-Incrimination
    • South Africa
    • Juta Stellenbosch Law Review No. , August 2019
    • 16 August 2019
    ...render 70 England: Rank Film Di stributors Ltd v Video In formation Centre [1982] AC 380 443 Australia: EPA v Caltex Refi ning Co Ltd (1994) 118 ALR 392 404 See also M Find lay “Interna tional Rights a nd Australia n Adaptation” (1995) 17 Sydne y L Rev 278; L Aitken “Before the Hig h Court”......
  • SEPARATION OF POWERS IN THE AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION:
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2017, December 2017
    • 1 December 2017
    ...CLR 292. 112Dietrich v The Queen(1992) 177 CLR 292 at 326, per Deane J. 113Environment Protection Authority v Caltex Refining Co Pty Ltd(1993) 178 CLR 477. 114Magaming v The Queen(2013) 252 CLR 381. 115 See Huddart, Parker v Moorhead(1909) 8 CLR 330, Melbourne Steamship Co Ltd v Moorehad(19......
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