ON 5 NOVEMBER 1955, the NSW Parliament enacted the Long Service Leave Act 1955.
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May v O’Sullivan [1955] HCA 38
ON 18 JULY 1955, the High Court of Australia delivered May v O’Sullivan [1955] HCA 38; (1955) 92 CLR 654 (18 July 1955).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1955/38.html
This decision sets out a procedural rule concerning the prosecution’s burden and onus of proof in criminal proceedings. There are two limbs.
The first limb: At the close of the prosecution case, the defendant may make a submission, without calling evidence, that there is “there is no case to answer”. The question to be determined is whether or not the defendant ought to be lawfully convicted on the prosecution’s evidence alone.
The second limb: The question to be determined, as a question of fact, is whether or not on the whole of the evidence before it the court is satisfied of the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd v McRae [1955] HCA 12
John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd v McRae [1955] HCA 12; (1955) 93 CLR 351 (18 March 1955).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1955/12.html
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Liquor (Amendment) Act 1954 (NSW)
ON 1 FEBRUARY 1955, the six o’clock swill was abolished by the NSW Liquor (Amendment) Act 1954.
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1954 | Brown v Board of Education
ON THIS DAY in 1954, the US Supreme Court delivered Brown v Board of Education, a ruling which ended racial segregation in US schools by holding that state sanctioned segregation was a violation of the 14th amendment.
The Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1951
ON 22 APRIL 1954, the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees commenced.
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Scott v Numurkah Corporation [1954] HCA 14
ON 14 APRIL 1954, the High Court of Australia delivered Scott v Numurkah Corporation [1954] HCA 14; (1954) 91 CLR 300 (14 April 1954).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/91clr300.html
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Andrews v Hogan [1952] HCA 37
ON 31 JULY 1952, the High Court of Australia delivered Andrews v Hogan [1952] HCA 37; (1952) 86 CLR 223 (31 July 1952).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/86clr223.html
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Luxton v Vines [1952] HCA 19
ON 4 April 1952, the High Court of Australia delivered Luxton v Vines [1952] HCA 19; (1952) 85 CLR 352 (4 April 1952).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1952/19.html
“In questions of this sort, where direct proof is not available, it is enough if the circumstances appearing in evidence give rise to a reasonable and definite inference: they must do more than give rise to conflicting inferences of equal degrees of probability so that the choice between them is mere matter of conjecture: see per Lord Robson, Richard Evans & Co. Ltd. v. Astley (1911) AC 674, at p 687. But if circumstances are proved in which it is reasonable to find a balance of probabilities in favour of the conclusion sought then, though the conclusion may fall short of certainty, it is not to be regarded as a mere conjecture or surmise: cf. per Lord Loreburn (1911) AC, at p 678″. (at p358)”
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Alford v Magee [1952] HCA 3
ON 5 MARCH 1952, the High Court of Australia delivered Alford v Magee [1952] HCA 3; (1952) 85 CLR 437 (5 March 1952).
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