Gaye Prudence Lyons(Appellant) v State of Queensland
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judge | French CJ,Bell,Keane,Nettle JJ,Gageler J |
| Judgment Date | 05 October 2016 |
| Neutral Citation | [2016] HCA 38 |
| Court | High Court |
| Docket Number | B16/2016 |
| Date | 05 October 2016 |
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1 cases
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Barngarla Determination Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC v District Council of Kimba
...[2000] FCA 1615 Hagan v Trustees of the Toowoomba Sports Ground Trust [2001] FCA 123; (2001) 105 FCR 56 Lyons v The State of Queensland [2016] HCA 38; (2016) 259 CLR 518 Macedonian Teachers’ Association of Victoria Inc v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission [1998] FCA 1650; (1998) ......
2 firm's commentaries
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Queensland Government Bulletin - 12 October 2016
...2016 Out of 81,199 adult offenders, 26% reoffended within two years of the index appearance. Cases Case Note: Lyons v State of Queensland [2016] HCA 38: Discrimination in Jury Selection The High Court has dismissed an appeal in the case of Lyons v State of Queensland [2016] HCA 38. The High......
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Should a deaf person be able to serve on a jury?
...complaint Ms Lyons lodged a formal complaint of discrimination, and the case went all the way to the High Court. (See Lyons v Queensland [2016] HCA 38.) Jury laws are similar in all states and territories, so the outcome of the case was watched with interest across Ultimately, the High Cour......
1 books & journal articles
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Reigniting the Lamp: The Case for Including People who are Blind or Deaf as Jurors
...for including people who are blind or deaf as jurors. It does so in the context of the High Court’s recent decision in Lyons v Queensland [2016] HCA 38. We also consider the impact of the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD), to which Australia is a signatory, the ste......