Smethurst v Commissioner of Police

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
JudgeKiefel CJ,Bell,Keane JJ.,Gageler J.,Nettle J.,Gordon J.,Edelman J.
Judgment Date15 April 2020
Neutral Citation[2020] HCA 14
CourtHigh Court
Docket NumberS196/2019
Date15 April 2020
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16 cases
  • Minister for the Environment v Sharma
    • Australia
    • Full Federal Court (Australia)
    • 15 Marzo 2022
    ...v Greif (UK) Ltd (Willmoe v Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council) [2011] UKSC 10; 2 AC 229 Smethurst v Commissioner of Police [2020] HCA 14; 376 ALR 575 Smith v Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited [2021] NZCA 552 Smith v Leurs [1945] HCA 27; 70 CLR 256 South Australia v The Commonwealth [1......
  • BHL19 v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2)
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 31 Marzo 2022
    ...and Industrial Bank v British Bank for Foreign Trade Limited [1921] 2 AC 438 Smethurst v Commissioner of Police (Cth) (2020) 376 ALR 575; [2020] HCA 14 Stubbs v NRMA Insurance Ltd (1997) 42 NSWLR 550 Tobacco Institute of Australia Limited v Australian Federation of Consumer Organisations In......
  • Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Luppino
    • Australia
    • Full Federal Court (Australia)
    • 25 Marzo 2021
    ...252 Sea Shepherd Australia Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation [2013] FCAFC 68; (2013) 212 FCR 252 Smethurst v Commissioner of Police [2020] HCA 14; (2020) 376 ALR 575 Sorby v The Commonwealth of Australia [1983] HCA 10; (1983) 152 CLR 281 State of New South Wales v Corbett [2007] HCA 32......
  • Azimitabar v Commonwealth of Australia
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 6 Julio 2023
    ...v Secretary, Department of Immigration and Citizenship (No 2) [2012] FCA 569 (SBEG (No 2)); 292 ALR 29 Smethurst v Commissioner of Police [2020] HCA 14; 272 CLR 177 Thomas v Mowbray [2007] HCA 33; 233 CLR 307 VLAH v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2002] FC......
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3 firm's commentaries
  • High Court invalidates AFP search warrant, but the seized records are not returned
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 9 Mayo 2020
    ...has implications for a range of search warrants and white collar crime investigations. The decision (Smethurst v Commissioner of Police [2020] HCA 14) makes the importance of checking the conditions of any search warrant, to prevent the unauthorised seizure of materials; and the need to act......
  • NSW Government Bulletin - In the media, Practice and courts, Cases and Legislation
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 28 Mayo 2020
    ...nature", "proceedings inter partes", "removal", "special leave", "substantial injustice", "treaty". Smethurst v Commissioner of Police [2020] HCA 14 Held: Search warrant was invalid Police - Search warrants - Validity of warrant - Where police searched premises in reliance on warrant - Wher......
  • Queensland Government Bulletin: In the media, In practice and courts, Cases and Legislation
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 2 Junio 2020
    ...nature", "proceedings inter partes", "removal", "special leave", "substantial injustice", "treaty". Smethurst v Commissioner of Police [2020] HCA 14 Held: Search warrant was invalid Police - Search warrants - Validity of warrant - Where police searched premises in reliance on warrant - Wher......
2 books & journal articles
  • The Constitution’s Guarantee of Legal Accountability for Jurisdictions
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 49-4, December 2021
    • 1 Diciembre 2021
    ...408 and Katsuno v The Queen (1999) 199CLR 40; and the alternative basis for the injunction sought in Smethurst v Commissioner of Police [2020] HCA 14(‘Smethurst’). Five members of the Court held that this alternative basis for an injunction did not arise in Smethurst, see[60] - [66] (Kiefel......
  • Public Servants and the Implied Freedom of Political Communication
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 49-1, March 2021
    • 1 Marzo 2021
    ...Freedom of Political Communication’ (2018) 46 Federal Law Review 341, 345–54. 9. Ibid 362. 10. Smethurst v Commissioner of Police [2020] HCA 14.11. Joseph Stiglitz, On Liberty, the Right to Know and Public Discourse: The Role of Transparency in Public Life Amnesty Lecture, 1999) 1: ‘secrecy......

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