The Queen v Getachew

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
JudgeHayne,French CJ,Crennan,Kiefel
Judgment Date28 March 2012
Neutral Citation[2012] HCA 10,2012-0328 HCA C
Docket NumberM139/2011
CourtHigh Court
Date28 March 2012
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9 cases
  • James v R
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 5 March 2014
    ...HCA 3; Tully v The Queen (2006) 230 CLR 234 at 257 [79] per Hayne J; [2006] HCA 56; R v Getachew (2012) 248 CLR 22 at 34–35 [29] fn 35; [2012] HCA 10. 49Ratten v The Queen (1974) 131 CLR 510 at 517; [1974] HCA 50Pemble v The Queen (1971) 124 CLR 107 at 117–118 per Barwick CJ. 51 There may b......
  • Pedro Perara-Cathcart(Appellant) v The Queen
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 1 March 2017
    ...434 at 441 [31]; 295 ALR 624 at 631–632; [2013] HCA 6. 46 (1952) 85 CLR 437 at 466; [1952] HCA 3. 47 (2012) 248 CLR 22 at 34–35 [29]; [2012] HCA 10. 48R v Perara-Cathcart [2015] SASCFC 103 at 49 Hocking v Bell (1945) 71 CLR 430 at 440; [1945] HCA 16; MFA v The Queen (2002) 213 CLR 606 at 62......
  • BD(Appellant) v The Queen
    • Australia
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • 13 April 2017
    ...47Beal v Kelley [1951] 2 All ER 763; R v Johnson [1968] SASR 132 at 134. 48 [2017] HCA 9; 91 ALJR 411. 49 (1952) 85 CLR 437 at 466. 50 [2012] HCA 10; 248 CLR 22 at 34–35 [29]. 51 Transcript of Proceedings, 1 March 2016, pp 168–172. 52 Transcript of Proceedings, Crown opening remarks, 25 Feb......
  • Kalbasi v Western Australia
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 14 March 2018
    ...(1980) 143 CLR 595 at 600. 63 Quartermaine v The Queen (1980) 143 CLR 595 at 601. 64 R v Getachew (2012) 248 CLR 22 at 36 [35]–[36]; [2012] HCA 10; Huynh v The Queen (2013) 87 ALJR 434 at 441 [31]–[32]; 295 ALR 624 at 631–632; [2013] HCA 6 citing Alford v Magee (1952) 85 CLR 437 at 466; [19......
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3 books & journal articles
  • 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
    ...[2011] VSCA 328 (27 October 2011) (‘Wilson’). The Morgan principle wasrecently reaff‌irmed by the High Court’s decision in R vGetachew [2012] HCA 10 (28March 2012) at [21]–[25] (‘Getachew 2’). These Victorian Court of Appeal decisions,unlike Morgan, dealt with the statutory crime of rape un......
  • The Queen v Getachew: Rethinking DPP v Morgan
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 77-2, April 2013
    • 1 April 2013
    ...edu.au. I wish to thank my research assistant, Tess Blackie, for her excellent contribution to this piece. 1 The Queen v Getachew [2012] HCA 10, (2012) 286 ALR 196 at [27] (French Hayne, Crennan, Kiefel and Bell JJ). Section 38(2)(a)(i)–(ii) and (4)(a)(i)–(ii) ofthe Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) pr......
  • The Chaotic State of the Law of Rape in Victoria: A Mandate for Reform
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 78-4, August 2014
    • 1 August 2014
    ...The Need for Reform of the Honest Belief Defence in Irish Rape Law’ (2013)23 Irish Criminal Law Journal 2.18 The Queen vGetachew (2012) 286 ALR 196 at [27] (French CJ, Hayne, Crennan, Kiefeland Bell JJ).19 NT vThe Queen [2012] VSCA 213 (6 September 2012).20 The Morgan principle was adopted ......

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