Leeth v Commonwealth

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Judgment Date1992
Neutral Citation[1992] HCA 29,1992-0625 HCA C
Date1992
Year1992
CourtHigh Court

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    ...297 Joint reasons at [4]–[11]. 298 Reasons of McHugh J at [114]–[120]. 299 Joint reasons at [32]–[33]. 300 See Leeth v The Commonwealth (1992) 174 CLR 455 at 486 per Deane and Toohey JJ (diss), 502 per Gaudron J (diss); Kruger v The Commonwealth (1997) 190 CLR 1 at 112–113 per Gaudron J (di......
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    ...3rd ed, 1985) 281. (259) Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Munro (1926) 38 CLR 153, 178-9 (Isaacs J). (260) Leeth v Commonwealth (1992) 174 CLR 455, 470 (Mason CJ, Dawson and McHugh JJ), in the context of finding that a non-judicial power had not been conferred on the courts and that there......
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    ...* Faculty of Law, ANU. 1 (1991) 172 CLR 501 ('Polyukhovich'), 607 (Deane J), 685, 689 (Toohey J), 703–4 (Gaudron J). 2 (1992) 174 CLR 455 ('Leeth'), 470 (Mason CJ, Dawson and McHugh JJ), 486–7 (Deane and Toohey JJ), 502 (Gaudron J). 3 (1992) 176 CLR 1 ('Lim's Case'), 27 (Brennan, Deane and ......
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    ...(1913) 17 CLR 50. 89 See, eg, Polyukovich v Commonwealth (1991) 172 CLR 501; Harris v Caladine (1991) 172 CLR 84; Leeth v Commonwealth (1992) 174 CLR 455; Chu Kheng Lim v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1992) 176 CLR 1. See Fiona Wheeler, 'Due Process, Judicia......
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    ...(s. 25(4)). It is an offence, punishable by up to two years in jail, to thendisclose that information (s. 40(1)).13 Leeth vCommonwealth (1992) 174 CLR 455 at 470 (Mason CJ, Dawson and McHugh JJ); Wainohu vNewSouth Wales (2011) 243 CLR 181 at 208 (French CJ and Kiefel, Gummow, Hayne, Crennan......
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