Mellifont v Attorney-General (Q)

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1991-1212 HCA D,[1991] HCA 53
Year1991
Date1991
CourtHigh Court
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  • Involuntary Detention and the Separation of Judicial Power
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 35-1, March 2007
    • 1 Marzo 2007
    ...Association (1947) 73 CLR 549, 559–60 (Latham CJ and McTiernan J), 561 (Rich and Williams JJ), 564 (Starke J); Mellifont v A-G (Qld) (1991) 173 CLR 289, 300 (Mason CJ, Deane, Dawson, Gaudron and McHugh JJ), 312 (Brennan J). 172 When Hayne J spoke of gleaning legitimate objects from the head......
  • A Minimalist Charter of Rights for Australia: The UK or Canada as a Model?
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 37-3, September 2009
    • 1 Septiembre 2009
    ...of the Constitution that it is binding upon parties and definitive of legal rights'). See also discussion in Mellifont v A-G (Qld) (1991) 173 CLR 289. 84 Australian Constitution s 71. 85 (1996) 189 CLR 51. 86 See (1996) 189 CLR 51, 106 [22]–[24] (importance of judgement by reference to ante......
  • Griffith University V Tang, ‘Under an Enactment’ and Limiting Access to Judicial Review
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 33-3, September 2005
    • 1 Septiembre 2005
    ...92 (1921) 29 CLR 257. 93 Ibid 265–6. See also Fencott v Muller (1983) 152 CLR 570,591, 603; Mellifont v Attorney-General (Qld) (1991) 173 CLR 289, 303, 316, 321–2; Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 ('Ainsworth'), 582. 94 (2002) 209 CLR 372 ('Re McBain'). 95 Ibid 382......
  • Constitutional Limits on Bills of Rights Introduced by a State or Territory
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 35-3, September 2007
    • 1 Septiembre 2007
    ...(1975) 134 CLR 298, 327 (Jacobs J). 165 In re Judiciary and Navigation Acts (1921) 29 CLR 257, 266. 166 See, eg, Mellifont v A-G (Qld) (1991) 173 CLR 289 ('Mellifont'), discussed in Zines, above n 83, 20. 167 But see McDonald, above n 121, 69. 168 Refer to Part Two. 169 Judiciary Act 1903 (......
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