R v Judges of Federal Court of Australia; ex parte Wa National Football League

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1979-0227 HCA A
Date1979
Year1979
CourtHigh Court
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7 books & journal articles
  • Territory Courts and Federal Jurisdiction
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 33-1, March 2005
    • 1 March 2005
    ...whereas the Parliament is given power to provide that the High Court may exercise original jurisdiction over those matters in s 76. 129 (1979) 143 CLR 190. 130 In other words, on the correct interpretation of the legislation, the existence of a constitutional corporation was a jurisdictiona......
  • 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 September 2005
    ...Australian Workers' Union (1972) 128 CLR 77, 81; R v Federal Court of Australia; Ex parte WA National Football League (Incorporated) (1979) 143 CLR 190, 201–2. 109 See discussion above around nn 70–79. 110 Croome (1997) 191 CLR 119, 132–3 (Gaudron, McHugh and Gummow JJ). 542 Federal Law Rev......
  • The Significant Role of the Australia Acts in Australian Public Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 47-3, September 2019
    • 1 September 2019
    ...v Richard Walter Pty Ltd (1995) 183 CLR 168, 178 (Mason CJ); RvFederal Court of Australia; Ex parte WA National Football League (Inc) (1979) 143 CLR 190, 201(Barwick CJ).175. See Peter Cane, ‘The Making of Australian Administrative Law’ in Peter Cane (ed), Centenary Essaysfor the High Court......
  • Does the Corporations Power Extend to Reconstituting Corporations?
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 39-1, March 2011
    • 1 March 2011
    ...guiding purpose, even not-for-profit status, is irrelevant: R v Federal Court of Australia; Ex parte WA National Football League (1979) 143 CLR 190. Section 109 of the Constitution ensures valid Commonwealth law trumps State law otherwise governing the corporation. The only exception would ......
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