Smith Kline and French Laboratories (Aust) Ltd v Commonwealth

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
CourtHigh Court
Neutral Citation[1991] HCA 43,1991-1114 HCA B
Date1991
Year1991

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  • OâÇÖSULLIVAN v IRISH PRISON SERVICE
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 25 May 2010
    ...[2001] 2 I.L.R.M. 37. Savill Brothers. Ltd. v. Bethell [1902] 2 Ch. 523. Smith Kline & French Laboratories (Aust) Ltd. v. Commonwealth [1991] HCA 43, (1991) 173 C.L.R. 194. Courts - Jurisdiction - Appeal from High Court - Restriction - Statute - Validity - Right to appeal - Access to courts......
  • O'Sullivan v Chief Executive of the Irish Prison Service and Others
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 25 May 2010
    ...v AG & POWER 1950 IR 67 COCKLE v ISAKSEN 1957 HCA 85 1957-8 99 CLR 155 SMITH KLINE & FRENCH LABORATORIES (AUSTRALIA) LTD v COMMONWEALTH 1991 HCA 43 1991-2 173 CLR 194 CONCILIATION & ARBITRATION ACT 1904 S113(3) (AUSTRALIA) CONCILIATION & ARBITRATION ACT 1904 S113(1) (AUSTRALIA) JUDICIARY A......
  • Re McBain
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 18 April 2002
    ...Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 33(3); Judiciary Act, s 35. 190Smith Kline & French Laboratories (Aust) Ltd v The Commonwealth (1991) 173 CLR 194 at 191 Constitution, s 76(i); Judiciary Act, s 33(1)(c) and (e). 192 Constitution, s 76(i); Judiciary Act, s 33(2). 193 Constitution, s 76(i......
  • S157/2002 v Commonwealth
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 4 February 2003
    ...or amended from time to time. 117 (1999) 198 CLR 511. 118 (2000) 204 CLR 82 at 156-157 [218]. 119 (1995) 184 CLR 163 at 181. 120 (1991) 173 CLR 194 121 (1976) 136 CLR 248 . 122 (1978) 142 CLR 113 . 123 (1979) 143 CLR 190 . 124 s 39B of the Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) can effect no constitution......
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4 books & journal articles
  • Territory Courts and Federal Jurisdiction
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 33-1, March 2005
    • 1 March 2005
    ...(Cth), s 20(2). The validity of this legislation was upheld in Smith Kline and French Laboratories (Australia) Ltd v The Commonwealth (1991) 173 CLR 194. The imposition of a special leave requirement does not prevent the Court from exercising its jurisdiction and is thus a regulation, rathe......
  • THE KIRK STRUCTURAL CONSTITUTIONAL IMPLICATION.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 44 No. 1, August 2020
    • 1 August 2020
    ...Judicature (n 33) 497. (47) See Lindell (n 7) 396-7. (48) See Smith Kline & French Laboratories (Australia) Ltd v Commonwealth (1991) 173 CLR 194, 208 (Mason CJ, Brennan, Deane, Dawson, Toohey, Gaudron and McHugh JJ) ('Smith (49) Cockle v Isaksen (1957) 99 CLR 155, 165-6 (Dixon CJ, McTi......
  • Open Justice, Efficient Justice and the Rule of Law: The Increasing Invisibility of Special Leave to Appeal Applications in the High Court of Australia
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 48-2, June 2020
    • 1 June 2020
    ...Agenda’ (1993) 23(1) Western Australian Law Review 33, 39. 54. Smith Kline & French Laboratories (Australia) Ltd v The Commonwealth (1991) 173 CLR 194 [36] (‘Smith see also Hon Sir Anthony Mason, ‘The High Court as Gatekeeper’ (2000) 24(3) Melbourne University Law Review784. Stewart and Stu......
  • Patent Infringement in Australia: Results from a Survey
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 38-1, March 2010
    • 1 March 2010
    ...sums are at stake: see, eg, Smith Kline & French Laboratories (Australia) Ltd and Others v Commonwealth of Australia and Others (1991) 103 ALR 117. There might be some difficulties where the key remedy sought is an injunction, but it is a valuable exercise to put a value on the litigation.8......