Geraldton Building Company Pty Ltd v May
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | [1977] HCA 17,1977-0315 HCA C |
| Date | 1977 |
| Year | 1977 |
| Court | High Court |
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Polyukhovich v Commonwealth of Australia
...105 CLR 188, per Fullagar J at 194; see also Maxwell v MurphyUNK (1957) 96 CLR 261 at 267; Geraldton Building Co Pty Ltd v MayUNKUNK (1977) 136 CLR 379; 13 ALR 70; Rodway v RUNKUNK (1990) 169 CLR 515 at 518; 92 ALR 385. However, the injustice which might be inflicted by construing an enactm......
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Chang v Laidley Shire Council
...traditionally, been given a narrow application. 39 The ultimate explanation for this approach is that given by Barwick CJ in Geraldton Building Co Pty Ltd v May46. In effect, it is the ‘credit’ that courts give to elected legislatures, in countries such as Australia, that ‘by their enactmen......
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Dossett v Tkj Nominees Pty Ltd
...and function) that such legislation must be clear 38. 55 A foundation for this approach is what Barwick CJ described in Geraldton Building Co Pty Ltd v May39 as the ‘credit’ that courts give to legislatures that, by their enactments, they intend to do justice to all affected parties. The pr......
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