Potter v Minahan

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
CourtHigh Court
Neutral Citation1908-1009 HCA A,[1908] HCA 63,1908-1008 HCA A
Year1908
Date1908

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    ...308 309 310 311 At 702. At 703. Clancy v Butchers’ Shop Employees Union (1904) 1 CLR 181. Frazer, above n 302, at 705. Potter v Minahan (1908) 7 CLR 277. At 304, citing Peter Benson Maxwell On the Interpretation of Statutes (4th ed, Sweet & London, 1905) at 122. See the discussion in Stephe......
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    ...308 309 310 311 At 702. At 703. Clancy v Butchers’ Shop Employees Union (1904) 1 CLR 181. Frazer, above n 302, at 705. Potter v Minahan (1908) 7 CLR 277. At 304, citing Peter Benson Maxwell On the Interpretation of Statutes (4th ed, Sweet & London, 1905) at 122. See the discussion in Stephe......
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  • A Minimalist Charter of Rights for Australia: The UK or Canada as a Model?
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    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 37-3, September 2009
    • 1 September 2009
    ...property.16 _____________________________________________________________________________________ 13 See, eg, Potter v Minahan, (1908) 7 CLR 277, 304; Coco v The Queen (1994) 179 CLR 427; Al-Kateb v Godwin (2004) 219 CLR 562, 577 (Gleeson CJ) ('Al-Kateb'). 14 See Polites v Commonwealth (194......
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    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 43 No. 2, December 2019
    • 1 December 2019
    ...CLR 562, 577 [19]-[20] (Gleeson CJ). (149) Tajjour v New South Wales (2014) 254 CLR 508, 545 [28] (French CJ). (150) Potter v Minahan (1908) 7 CLR 277, 304 (O'Connor (151) Bruce Chen, 'The French Court and the Principle of Legality' (2018) 41(2) University of New South Wales Law Journal 401......
  • The common law principle of legality in the age of rights.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 35 No. 2, August 2011
    • 1 August 2011
    ...Human Rights Act 1998' (2009) 125 Law Quarterly Review 598, 611. (15) Simms [2000] 2 AC 115, 131 (Lord Hoffmann). (16) Potter v Minahan (1908) 7 CLR 277, 304 (O'Connor J), quoting Sir Peter Benson Maxwell, On the Interpretation of Statutes (Sweet & Maxwell, 4th ed, 1905) (17) (1772) Lof......
  • The Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011 (Cth) and the Courts
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 42-1, March 2014
    • 1 March 2014
    ...Principle of Legality and Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998' (2009) 125 Law Quarterly Review 598, 600–7. 95 Potter v Minahan (1 908) 7 CLR 277, 304 (O'Connor J): principle of legality; Jumbunna Coal Mine NL v Victorian Coal Miners' Association (1908) 6 CLR 3 09, 363 (O'Connor J): presu......
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