Williams v Attorney-General (New South Wales)

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1913-0619 HCA A,[1913] HCA 33
Year1913
Date1913
CourtHigh Court
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22 cases
  • Commonwealth of Australia v State of Tasmania
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 1 July 1983
    ...of legislative powers upon colonial authorities, as Isaacs J pointed out in Williams v Attorney-General for New South WalesUNK (1913) 16 CLR 404 at 4501:It is extremely material to bear in mind that the Act was a restriction on the power of the Home Government to dispose of the waste lands ......
  • Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust v South Sydney City Council
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 14 February 2002
    ...commercial right. Orders 157 I would dismiss the appeal with costs. 1 South Sydney Council v Royal Botanic Gardens [1999] NSWCA 478 . 2 (1913) 16 CLR 404 at 3 (1913) 16 CLR 404 at 421. 4 (1982) 149 CLR 337 at 352. 5 In particular, speeches of Lord Wilberforce in Prenn v Simmonds [1971] 1 WL......
  • Western Australia v Ward; Attorney-General (Nt) v Ward;Ningarmara v Northern Territory;Ward v Crosswalk Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 8 August 2002
    ...262 (1959) 102 CLR 54 at 75. 263Land Act 1933, s 31. 264 Land Regulations 1887, reg 35; Land Act 1898, s 41; Land Act 1933, s 37. 265 (1913) 16 CLR 404; on appeal, Attorney-General for New South Wales v Williams (1915) 19 CLR 343; [1915] AC 266Land Act 1898, s 135; Land Act 1933, s 164. 267......
  • Griffiths v Minister for Lands, Planning and Environment
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 15 May 2008
    ...at 291 (PC). See also Attorney-General v Brown (1847) 1 Legge 312 at 316–318; Williams v Attorney-General (NSW) (1913) 16 CLR 404 at 439; [1913] HCA 33; Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd (Gove Land Rights Case) (1971) 17 FLR 141 and New South Wales v The Commonwealth (Seas and Submerged Lands Cas......
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5 books & journal articles
  • The Development of the High Court's Willingness to Overrule Common Law Precedent
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 45-2, June 2017
    • 1 June 2017
    ...that were rejected in Mabo as AG (NSW) v Brown (1847) 1 Legge 312, Cooper v Stuart (1889) 14 App Cas 286 (PC), Williams v AG (NSW) (1913) 16 CLR 404 and Randwick Corporation v Rutledge (1959) 102 CLR 54. 139 (1992) 175 CLR 1, 57 (Brennan J), 109–10 (Deane and Gaudron JJ). The nature of the ......
  • In A Fix: Fixed-Term Parliaments in the Australian States
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 41-2, June 2013
    • 1 June 2013
    ...Corporation v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd (2001) 208 CLR 199, 281–2 (Kirby J). See Commonwealth Constitution, ss 12, 15, 21, 84, 110. 144 (1913) 16 CLR 404, 458 (emphasis added). See also McGinty v Western Australia (1996) 1 86 CLR 140, 292 (Gummow J). 145 Chief Justice Spigelman, 'Public Law ......
  • A hope disillusioned, an opportunity lost? Reflections on common law native title and ten years of the Native Title Act.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 27 No. 2, August 2003
    • 1 August 2003
    ...14 App Cas 286; ,4-G v Brown (1847) 1 Legge 312; Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd (1971) 17FLR 141 ('Milirrpum'). (33) Williams v A-G (NSW) (1913) 16 CLR 404; Randwick Municipal Council v Rutledge (1959) 102 CLR 54; New South Wales v Commonwealth (1975) 135 CLR (34) (1889) 14 App Cas 286, 291 (L......
  • The legal structures of responsible government and ministerial responsibility.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 35 No. 3, December 2011
    • 1 December 2011
    ...of the House of Representatives (Cth) (ed), House of Representatives Practice (5th ed, 2005) 46-50. (12) Williams v A-G (NSW) (1913) 16 CLR 404, 457 (Isaacs J). See also FAI Insurances Ltdv Winneke (1982) 151 CLR 342, 364-5 (Mason J); Sankey v Whitlam (1978) 142 CLR l, 102 (Jacobs J); Seas ......
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