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Wurridjal v The Commonwealth of Australia

Judgment Cited authorities 153 Cited in 74 Precedent Map Related
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JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
JudgeFrench CJ.,Gummow,Hayne JJ.,Kirby J.,Heydon J.,Crennan J.,Kiefel J.
Judgment Date02 February 2009
Neutral Citation2009-0202 HCA D,[2009] HCA 2
CourtHigh Court
Docket NumberM122/2007
Date02 February 2009
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51 cases
  • North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Ltd v Northern Territory
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 11 November 2015
    ...74–75 [226]–[230]; [2005] HCA 12 applying X (Minors) v Bedfordshire County Council [1995] 2 AC 633 at 694; Wurridjal v The Commonwealth (2009) 237 CLR 309 at 416 [279]; [2009] HCA 173 (1914) 19 CLR 381 at 393; [1914] HCA 82. 174 (1997) 190 CLR 1 esp a t 41–44, 53–58, 62, 141–142, 176; [1997......
  • Plaintiff M47-2012 v Director General of Security
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 5 October 2012
    ...made in the context of a constitutional case in which the doctrine of stare decisis may be less rigidly applied 519. In Wurridjal v The Commonwealth, French CJ considered that the evaluation of the factors for and against re-opening previous decisions should be ‘informed by a strongly conse......
  • Attorney-General (NT) and Another v Emmerson and Another
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 10 April 2014
    ...[2012] HCA 43. 174Attorney-General (NT) v Chaffey (2007) 231 CLR 651 at 659 [3]–[4]; [2007] HCA 34. 175 Cf Wurridjal v The Commonwealth (2009) 237 CLR 309; [2009] HCA 176Nintendo Co Ltd v Centronics Systems Pty Ltd (1994) 181 CLR 134 at 160; [1994] HCA 27. 177Grace Brothers Pty Ltd v The Co......
  • Private R v Cowen
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 9 September 2020
    ...of Taxation (1989) 166 CLR 417 at 438–439 per Mason CJ, Wilson, Dawson, Toohey and Gaudron JJ; Wurridjal v The Commonwealth (2009) 237 CLR 309 at 352–353 [70]–[71] per French CJ. 181 See and compare John v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1989) 166 CLR 417 at 438–439 per Mason CJ, Wilson, ......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Federal Court judgment commentary: Native title
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 31 July 2023
    ...(Administration) Act 1910 (Cth) s21, s4U. 4 Yunupingu (n 1) [8]. 5 Ibid [46]-[47]. 6 Ibid [300]-[303]. 7 Ibid [57]. 8 Wurridjal (2009) 237 CLR 309 in Yunupingu (n 1) 9 Mutual Pools & Staff Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation [1992] HCA 4, Health Insurance Commission v Peverill [1994]......
  • Queensland Government Bulletin - 15 July 2015
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 21 July 2015
    ...Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Police (No. 2) [2014] NSWCATAP 53Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550 Warren Wurridgal v The Commonwealth (2009) 237 CLR 309. Subordinate legislation as made No 68: Proclamation repealing previous proclamation Criminal Law (Criminal Organisation Disruption) and......
18 books & journal articles
  • The 2017 Winterton Lecture. Sir Owen Dixon Today
    • Australia
    • University of Western Australia Law Review No. 43-1, January 2018
    • 1 January 2018
    ...High Court of Australia (2004) 197, 216-19. 149 (1945) 71 CLR 29, 85. 150 (1958) 99 CLR 132, 142; [1958] HCA 14. 151 (2009) 237 CLR 309; [2009] HCA 2 per French CJ, Gummow, Kirby and Hayne JJ. 152 (1969) 119 CLR 564; [1969] HCA 62. 153 (1952) 85 CLR xi, xiii-xiv; Woinarski (ed), Jesting Pil......
  • The Race Power — Its Replacement and Interpretation
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 40-3, September 2012
    • 1 September 2012
    ...'State _____________________________________________________________________________________ 140 Ibid. 141 Wurridjal v Commonwealth (2009) 237 CLR 309, 314 (argument by R Merkel QC). 142 Teori Tau v Commonwealth (1969) 119 CLR 564 ('Teori Tau'). 143 Wurridjal (2009) 237 CLR 309, 359 [86] (F......
  • The Functional Constitution: Re-Reading the 2014 High Court Constitutional Term
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 43-3, September 2015
    • 1 September 2015
    ...as in a different category: see, eg, Georgiadis (1994) 179 CLR 297, 305–6 (Mason CJ, Deane and Gaudron JJ); Wurridjal v Commonwealth (2009) 252 ALR 232, 325–6 [364] (Crennan J). 146 Emmerson (2014) 253 CLR 393, 451–2 [132]. 147 Richard A Posner, ‘An Economic Theory of the Criminal Law’ (198......
  • Discriminatory Taxation in Light of Fortescue: Its Implications for the Development of Northern Australia
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 42-1, March 2014
    • 1 March 2014
    ...Teori Tau (at 560) without expressing great support for the decision. 50 Ibid 565 (Gaudron J), 614 (Gummow J), 647 (Kirby J). 51 (2009) 237 CLR 309 (‘Wurridjal’). 52 French CJ, Gummow, Kirby and Hayne JJ, Heydon, Crennan and Kiefel JJ not deciding. 53 Ibid 386. Their Honours were aware of s......
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