Fingleton v R [2005] HCA 34

ON 23 JUNE 2005, the High Court of Australia delivered Fingleton v R [2005] HCA 34; (2005) 216 ALR 474; (2005) 79 ALJR 1250; (2005) 153 A Crim R 503 (23 June 2005).

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2005/34.html

The Queensland Chief Magistrate’s conviction for unlawful retaliation against a witness was quashed on the basis that he Magistrates Act made her immune from prosecution.