ON 29 MAY 1985, the High Court of Australia delivered R v Chin [1985] HCA 35; (1985) 157 CLR 671 (29 May 1985).
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Category Archives: Evidence
R v Apostilides [1984] HCA 38
ON 19 JUNE 1984, the High Court of Australia delivered R v Apostilides [1984] HCA 38; (1984) 154 CLR 563 (19 June 1984).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/154clr563.html
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Chamberlain v R (No 2) (“Chamberlain Case”) [1984] HCA 7
ON THIS DAY in 1984, the High Court of Australia delivered Chamberlain v R (No 2) (“Chamberlain case”) [1984] HCA 7; (1984) 153 CLR 521 (22 February 1984).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1984/7.html
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Baker v Campbell [1983] HCA 39
ON 26 OCTOBER 1983, the High Court of Australia delivered Baker v Campbell [1983] HCA 39; (1983) 153 CLR 52 (26 October 1983)
The court ruled that legal professional privilege is not confined to actual or expected judicial and quasi-judicial proceedings, but may, in the absence of a provision to the contrary, be asserted in investigatory procedures.
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Pyneboard Pty Ltd v Trade Practices Commission [1983] HCA 9
ON 18 MARCH 1983, the High Court of Australia delivered Pyneboard Pty Ltd v Trade Practices Commission [1983] HCA 9; (1983) 152 CLR 328 (18 March 1983).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/152clr328.html
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Taylor v Johnson [1983] HCA 5
ON THIS DAY in 1983, the High Court of Australia delivered Taylor v Johnson [1983] HCA 5; (1983) 151 CLR 422 (23 February 1983)
Per Mason ACJ, Murphy and Deane JJ “…a party who has entered into a written contract under a serious mistake about its contents in relation to a fundamental term will be entitled in equity to an order rescinding the contract if the other party is aware that circumstances exist which indicate that the first party is entering the contract under some serious mistake or misapprehension about either the content or subject matter of that term and deliberately sets out to ensure that the first party does not become aware of the existence of his mistake or misapprehension.” (at 342).
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Kozul v R [1981] HCA 19
ON 5 MAY 1981, the High Court of Australia delivered Kozul v R [1981] HCA 19; (1981) 147 CLR 221 (5 May 1981).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/147clr221.html
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Alexander v R [1981] HCA 17
ON 8 APRIL 1991, the High Court of Australia delivered Alexander v R [1981] HCA 17; (1981) 145 CLR 395 (8 April 1981).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/145clr395.html
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Warren v Coombes [1978] HCA 9
ON 13 MARCH 1979, the High Court of Australia delivered Warren v Coombes [1979] HCA 9; (1979) 142 CLR 531 (13 March 1979).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1979/9.html
An appellate court may decide on the proper inference to be drawn from the facts found by a judge sitting alone at trial. Whilst it may give respect and weight to the trial judge’s conclusions, the appellant court must not shrink from giving effect to the conclusion that it reaches.
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Sankey v Whitlam [1978] HCA 43
ON 9 NOVEMBER 1978, the High Court of Australia delivered Sankey v Whitlam [1978] HCA 43; (1978) 142 CLR 1 (9 November 1978).
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