Habib v Commonwealth of Australia

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Judgment Date2010
Neutral Citation2010-0225 FCA D,[2010] FCAFC 12
Date2010
Year2010
CourtFull Federal Court (Australia)
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13 cases
  • Nevsun Resources Ltd v Araya,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • 28 February 2020
    ...doctrine which is largely defined by its limitations has also caused some confusion in Australia. In Habib v. Commonwealth of Australia, [2010] FCAFC 12, Jagot J observed that the act of state doctrine has been described as “a common law principle of uncertain application” (para. 51 (AustLI......
  • Araya v. Nevsun Resources Ltd, 2017 BCCA 401
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • 21 November 2017
    ...would apply or might apply. (At para. 395; my emphasis.) On this point, Abrioux J. relied on Habib v. Commonwealth of Australia [2010] FCAFC 12 and Belhaj (CA). He went to observe that both Habib and Belhaj had arisen in the context of preliminary applications; both concerned alleged human ......
  • Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, 2020 SCC 5
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • 28 February 2020
    ...[2002] UKHL 19, [2002] 2 A.C. 883; Belhaj v. Straw MP, [2014] EWCA Civ 1394, [2016] 1 All E.R. 121; Habib v. Commonwealth of Australia, [2010] FCAFC 12; Reference re Secession of Quebec, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 217; Tolofson v. Jensen, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022; Canada (Justice) v. Khadr, 2008 SCC 28, [......
  • Belhaj and another v Straw and Others; Rahmatullah v Ministry of Defence and another (No 2)
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 17 January 2017
    ...sense since the effect of the relevant act is determined not by law, but regardless of law. Perram J called it in Habib v Commonwealth [2010] FCAFC 12; (2010) 265 ALR 50 at paras 38 and 43 "a super choice of law rule". In these circumstances, it can, so far as it exists, just as well be und......
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