New judgments
Fri Aug 10 2018Akhter v Khan (Rev 2) [2018] EWFC 54 - considered the status of an Islamic (Sharia) marriage that didn't comply with all the usual formalities required in England and Wales
The Commissioner of Taxation for the Commonwealth of Australia v Thomas; The Commissioner of Taxation for the Commonwealth of Australia v Martin Andrew Pty Ltd; The Commissioner of Taxation for the Commonwealth of Australia v Thomas Nominees Pty Ltd; The Commissioner of Taxation for the Commonwealth of Australia v Thomas [2018] HCA 31 - taxation, Division 207 in Pt 3-6 of Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth)
DL v The Queen [2018] HCA 32 - criminal law, murder, procedural fairness, miscarriage of justice
DRB18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1163 - migration, negligence, applicant in detention on Nauru, application for interlocutory injunction requiring the provision to the applicant of urgent medical treatment
Henney v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2018] NSWCATAD 174 - prohibited firearm, silencer, whether vermin control is a genuine reason contemplated by s 11 of the Weapons Prohibition Act 1998 (NSW)
Lavender v Director of Fisheries Compliance, Department of Industry Skills and Regional Development [2018] NSWCA 174 - extraterritorial application of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 (NSW) and Fisheries Management (Abalone Share Management Plan) Regulation 2000 (NSW)
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZVFW & Ors [2018] HCA 30 - migration, protection visas
R (on the application of Steinfeld and Keidan) (Appellants) v Secretary of State for the International Development (in substitution for the Home Secretary and the Education Secretary) (Respondent) [2018] UKSC 32 - court found that provisions in the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (UK) preventing opposite sex couples from entering into a civil partnership are incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights
The Queen v Falzon [2018] HCA 29 - criminal law, drug trafficking
Zaki Property Pty Ltd v ACE Australian construction Experts Pty Ltd (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 1207 - party/party costs, quantification, Calderbank offers