Potter v Minahan

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1908-1009 HCA A,[1908] HCA 63,1908-1008 HCA A
Date1908
Year1908
CourtHigh Court
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  • 'An "alien" by the barest of threads' - the legality of the deportation of long-term residents from Australia.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 33 No. 2, August 2009
    • 1 August 2009
    ...Court began to explore the limits of the Commonwealth's power to legislate with respect to 'immigration', deciding in Potter v Minahan (1908) 7 CLR 277 ('Potter') that the Parliament's power was not at large since 'a person whose permanent home is in Australia and who therefore is a member ......
  • A Minimalist Charter of Rights for Australia: The UK or Canada as a Model?
    • United Kingdom
    • 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......
  • Ignorance of the Law as a Defence to Rape: The Destruction of a Maxim
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 76-4, August 2012
    • 1 August 2012
    ...Gillies, Criminal Law, 4th edn (LBCInformation Services: 1997) 591.22 Arenson, Bagaric and Gillies, above n. 15 at 3.23 Potter vMinahan (1908) 7 CLR 277 at 304; Davern v Messel (1984) 155 CLR 21 at 31;Harrison vLederman [1978] VR 590 at 593.24 Attorney-General (NSW) vBrewery Employees Union......
  • 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......
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