Norbis v Norbis

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1986-0430 HCA A,[1986] HCA 17
Year1986
Date1986
CourtHigh Court
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  • Family Law Accountants’ Update - Assessing contributions
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 24 February 2013
    ...than an asset-by-asset basis. Perhaps the clearest statement of this preference came from the 1986 High Court case of Norbis v Norbis (1986) 161 CLR 513. Significantly, the High Court considered that neither alternative was inherently more just or equitable than the other. For instance, Jus......
3 books & journal articles
  • Constitutional Law and the Limits of Discretion in Family Property Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 44-1, March 2016
    • 1 March 2016
    ...provided that a judge, a cting as persona designata, did not need to provide any reasons for his or her decisions was invalid by 61 (1986) 161 CLR 513, 519-520 (‘Norbis’). 62 Wong v R (2001) 207 CLR 584. 63 Norbis (1986) 161 CLR 513, a t 537; see also Wilson and Dawson JJ at 533. Brennan J’......
  • JUST VERSUS QUICK: CONSTRUCTIVIST AND ECOLOGICAL RATIONALITY IN A COMMON LAW SYSTEM.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 45 No. 2, April 2022
    • 1 April 2022
    ...Sir Frank Kitto, 'Why Write Judgments?' (1992) 66(12) Australian Law Journal 787, 790. (56) Ibid 796. (57) Ibid. (58) Norbis v Norbis (1986) 161 CLR 513, 518-19 (Mason and Deane JJ); Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZVFW (2018) 264 CLR 541, 555-6 [30]-[31] (Gageler (59) Jus......
  • APPEALS FROM DISCRETIONS, SATISFACTIONS AND VALUE JUDGMENTS: REVIEWING THE HOUSE RULES.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 41 No. 2, December 2017
    • 1 December 2017
    ...and law before the tribunal. (7) For example, the requirement that decisions be made in good faith and for a proper purpose. (81986) 161 CLR 513, 518-19 (Mason and Deane JJcitations omitted). See also the description of a discretionary decision, and the need for the court on appeal to exerc......

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