The Queen v Tang

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
JudgeGummow J,Kirby J,Hayne J,Heydon J,Crennan J,Kiefel J
Judgment Date28 August 2008
Neutral Citation2008-0828 HCA B,[2008] HCA 39
CourtHigh Court
Docket NumberM5/2008
Date28 August 2008
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15 cases
  • Basfar v Wong
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 6 Julio 2022
    ...from international Conventions. It is apt to bear in mind this observation of Gleeson CJ in the High Court of Australia in Queen v Tang [2008] HCA 39, para 29: “It is unnecessary and unhelpful, for the resolution of the issues in the present case, to seek to draw boundaries between slavery ......
  • Basfar v Wong
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 6 Julio 2022
    ...from international Conventions. It is apt to bear in mind this observation of Gleeson CJ in the High Court of Australia in Queen v Tang [2008] HCA 39, para 29: “It is unnecessary and unhelpful, for the resolution of the issues in the present case, to seek to draw boundaries between slavery ......
  • R v Tang
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 28 Agosto 2008
    ... ([2008] HCA 39) Australia, High Court (Gleeson CJ; Gummow, Kirby, Hayne, Heydon, Crennan and Kiefel JJ) R and Tang1 International criminal law — Offences against humanity — International Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery, 1926 — Slavery — Definition — Definition of slavery......
  • The Queen v A2; The Queen v Magennis; The Queen v Vaziri
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 16 Octubre 2019
    ...(2019) 93 ALJR 405 at 408 [13]; 364 ALR 383 at 386. 83 [2001] 1 SCR 45 at 77 [38], 79 [43]. 84 (2011) 32 VR 361. 85 (2008) 237 CLR 1; [2008] HCA 39. 86 R v Wei Tang (2008) 237 CLR 1 at 16 87 R v Wei Tang (2008) 237 CLR 1 at 17–18 [25]–[27]. 88 Alford v Magee (1952) 85 CLR 437 at 466; [1952]......
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6 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Property
    • 5 Agosto 2021
    ...27 R v Powley, [2003] 2 SCR 207, 230 DLR (4th) 1 ...................................... 61, 62–63 R v Tang, [2008] HCA 39, 237 CLR 1 ...................................................................11 R v Tener, [1985] 1 SCR 533, 17 DLR (4th) 1 ..................................................
  • Ireland's Magdalene laundries and the State's failure to protect
    • Ireland
    • Hibernian Law Journal No. 10-2011, January 2011
    • 1 Enero 2011
    ...v Kunarac (Appeals Chamber) Case No IT-96-23 and IT-96-23/1-A (12 June 2002) and by the Australian Supreme Court in The Queen v Tang [2008] HCA 39 72 Allain, supra note 68, p.261 HJ 08:Layout 1 06/07/2011 13:34 Page 219 of rights over another person of the same nature as the rights which an......
  • What is Property?
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Property
    • 5 Agosto 2021
    ...Convention , 15 September 1926 and amended 7 December 1953, 212 UNTS 2861, arts 1 & 2 (entered into force 7 July 1955). 26 See R v Tang , [2008] HCA 39, 237 CLR 1; Modern Slavery Act 2015 (UK); Nevsun Resources Ltd v Araya , 2020 SCC 5. 27 See Doodeward v Spence , [1908] HCA 45, 6 CLR 406 [......
  • The Rhetoric of Slavery in the 21st Century
    • Ireland
    • Irish Judicial Studies Journal No. 2-19, July 2019
    • 1 Julio 2019
    ...to from 10 years to 9 years’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 5 years. 83 Section 270.3. 84 Section 270.1. 85 Section 270.6. 86 [2008] HCA 39 (Austrl.). [2019] Irish Judicial Studies Journal Vol 3(2) 26 IRISH JUDICIAL STUDIES JOURNAL As in the UK, Australia introduced in recent tim......
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