Municipal Council of Sydney v Commonwealth

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1904-0426 HCA B,[1904] HCA 50
Date1904
Year1904
CourtHigh Court
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26 cases
2 firm's commentaries
  • NSW Government Bulletin - 20 May 2015
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 25 Mayo 2015
    ...NSWCA 125 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - whether laws establishing local councils invalid - The Municipal Council of Sydney v The Commonwealth (1904) 1 CLR 208 applied JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS - effect of orders of superior court of record - contempt of court - whether variation of substantive order on a......
  • Local Government and GST - a simple issue?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 2 Abril 2012
    ...('GST Act') 3 Section 114 – Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act ('Constitution') 4 Sydney Municipal Council v the Commonwealth (1904) 1 CLR 208 5 Dandenong City Council v Australian Municipal, Administrative Clerical and Services Union (2001) FCA 349 6 Item 4 – table to Section 75-10......
4 books & journal articles
  • The Legal Personality of the Commonwealth of Australia
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 47-1, March 2019
    • 1 Marzo 2019
    ...Book of Jurisprudence for Students of the Common Law (Macmillan, 6th ed,1929) 121.2. See, eg, Municipal Council of Sydney v Commonwealth (1904) 1 CLR 208, 231 (Griffith CJ) (‘Munic-ipal Council Case’); Commonwealth v Baume (1905) 2 CLR 405, 418 (O’Connor J); R v Sutton (1908) 5CLR 789, 797 ......
  • Federal Limitations on the Legislative Power of the States and the Commonwealth to Bind One Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 31-3, September 2003
    • 1 Septiembre 2003
    ...of the case in Leslie Zines, The High Court and the Constitution ( 4th ed, 1997) 343–6. 106 Municipal Council of Sydney v Commonwealth (1904) 1 CLR 208, 232 (Griffith CJ); West v Commissioner of Taxation (NSW) (1937) 56 CLR 657, 686 (Evatt J); Victoria v Commonwealth (1957) 99 CLR 575, 614 ......
  • The Significant Role of the Australia Acts in Australian Public Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 47-3, September 2019
    • 1 Septiembre 2019
    ...above n 55, 143 (Knox CJ, Isaacs, Rich and Starke JJ); see also at 162 (Higgins J).57. Municipal Council of Sydney v Commonwealth (1904) 1 CLR 208, 213–14.58. A-G (Cth) ex rel McKinlay v Commonwealth (1975) 135 CLR 1, 17 (Barwick CJ) (‘McKinlay’). Cf RvPearson; Ex parte Sipka (1983) 152 CLR......
  • Federalism and Subsidiarity: Principles and Processes in the Reform of the Australian Federation
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 44-1, March 2016
    • 1 Marzo 2016
    ...Paper 5, above n 3, 5. 32 Issues Paper 1, above n 2, 20. 33 Ibid 17, 20. 34 Ibid 20. 35 Municipal Council of Sydney v Commonwealth (1904) 1 CLR 208, 240; Federated Municipal and Shire Council Employees’ Union of Australia v Melbourne Corporation (1919) 26 CLR 508, 515-16, 544. 36 Commonweal......

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