Appendix H: Citations of ALRC Reports in Major Court Decisions

Table 18: Citations of ALRC Reports in Major Court Decisions

Report nameCases

Same Crime, Same Time (Report 103, 2006)

  • Hawkins v Hawkins (2009) 3 ACTLR 210 (Supreme Court of the ACT)
  • Bryce v Chief Executive Officer of Customs (No 2) [2010] QSC 125 (Supreme Court of Qld)
  • Bertilone v The Queen (2009) 231 FLR 383 (Court of Appeal of Western Australia)

Uniform Evidence Law (Report 102, 2005)

  • Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Pratt (No 3) (2009) 175 FLR 558 (Federal Court of Australia)
  • PP v McRae [2010] VSC 114 (Supreme Court of Victoria)
 

Essentially Yours: The Protection of Human Genetic Information in Australia (Report 96, 2003)

  • Brianna & Brianna [2010] FamCAFC 97 (Full Court of the Family Court of Australia)
Securing Compliance: Civil and Administrative Penalties in Australian Federal Regulation (DP 65, 2002)
  • Australian Securities & Investments Commission v Soust (No 2) (2010) 78 SASR 1 (Federal Court of Australia) 
  •  Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Citrofresh International (No 3) (2010) 77 ACSR 392 (Federal Court of Australia)

Managing Justice: A Review of the Federal Civil Justice System (Report 89, 2000)

  • Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175 (High Court of Australia)
  • Agricultural & Rural Finance Pty Ltd v Atkinson [2010] NSWSC 425 (Supreme Court of NSW) 
  • Bemert v Swallow [2010] FamCAFC 100 (Full Court of the Family Court of Australia) 
  • Cordon Investments Pty Ltd v Lesdor Properties Pty Ltd [2009] NSWSC 1370 (Supreme Court of NSW) 
  • Cleary Bros (Bombo) Pty Ltd v Waste Recycling and Processing Corporation [2009] NSWSC 1248 (Supreme Court of NSW) 
  • Australian National Maritime Museum v VDM (WA) Pty Ltd [2009] NSWSC 1037 (Supreme Court of NSW) 
  • Westpoint Management (in Liquidation) v QBE Insurance (Australia) [2009] NSWSC 989 (Supreme Court of NSW)

Seen and Heard: Priority for Children in the Legal Process (Report 84, 1997)

  • R v J, JA 105 SASR 563 (Supreme Court of SA)
The Unrepresented Party (BP 4, 1996)
  •  Tey v City of Gosnells [2010] WASC 96 (Supreme Court of WA)
Designs (Report 74, 1995)
  • Keller v LED Technologies Pty Ltd [2010] FCAFC 55 (Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia)
  • McClure v The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Stirling (No 3) (2009) 170 LGERA 138 (Supreme Court of WA)

Equality Before the Law: Justice for Women (Report 69, 1994)

  • Kozarova v DEEWR (2009) 234 FLR 304 (Federal Magistrates Court of Australia)

Collective Investments: Other People’s Money (Report 65, 1993)

  • National Australia Bank Ltd v Norman (2009) 180 FCR 243 (Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia)
  • Brookfield Multiplex Ltd v International Litigation Funding Partners (2009) 180 FCR 11 (Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia)

General Insolvency Inquiry (Report 45, 1988)

  • Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc v City of Swan (2010) 265 ALR 1
  • Silvia v Fea Carbon Pty Ltd [2010] 210 FCA 515 (Federal Court of Australia)
  • Mijac Investments Pty Ltd v Graham (No 2) (2009) 72 ACSR 684 (Federal Court of Australia)
  • City of Swan v Lehman Brothers Australia Ltd (2009) 179 FCR 243 (Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia)
  • One Tel v Watson [2009] NSWCA 282 (Court of Appeal of NSW)
  • Boral Bricks v Davey [2010] QSC 131 (Supreme Courtof Qld)

Evidence (Report 38, 1987)

  • Delaney v Delaney [2009] FamCA 752 (Family Court of Australia)
  •  Donnell v Dovey [2010] FamCAFC 15 (Full Court of the Family Court of Australia)
  •  Director of Public Prosecutions v Nair [2009] ACTCA 17 (Court of Appeal of the ACT)
  •  Ying v Song [2009] NSWSC 1344 (Supreme Court of NSW)
  •  Sheikholeslami v Tolcher [2009] NSWSC 920 (Supreme Court of NSW)
  •  Habib v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2010] NSWCA 34 (Court of Appeal of NSW)
  • LJW v R [2010] NSWCCA 114 (Court of Criminal Appeal of NSW)

Contempt (Report 35, 1987)


  • Jacobova v Stein [2009] FamCA 1105
  • R v Darmody [2010] VSCA 41

Civil admiralty jurisdiction (Report 33, 1986)

  • Euroceanica (UK) Ltd v The Ship ‘Gem of Safaga’ (2009) 182 FCR 1
  • EMAS Offshore Pte Ltd v The Ship ‘APC Aussie 1’ (2009) 258 ALR 454
  • The Ship ‘Gem of Safaga’ v Euroceanica (UK) Ltd (2010) 182 FCR 27 (Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia)
  • CSL Australia Pty Limited v Formosa [2009] NSWCA 363 (Court of Appeal of NSW)

Community Law Reform for the Australian Capital Territory. Second Report: Loss of Consortium and Compensation for Loss of Capacity to Do Housework (Report 32, 1986)

  • Becker v Queensland Investment Corporation and Bovis Lend Lease Pty Ltd [2009] ACTSC 134 (Supreme Court of the ACT)

The Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Laws (Report 31, 1986)

  • R v Morgan [2010] VSCA 15 (Court of Appeal of Victoria)
 Evidence (Interim) (Report 26, 1985
  • Damiani v Damiani [2010] FamCA 217 (Family Court of Australia)
  • Whittaker v Child Support Registrar (2010) 264 ALR 473 (Federal Court of Australia)
  • Radisich v Molina [2009] FMCA 1121 (Federal Magistrates Court of Australia)
  • Director of Public Prosecutions v Nair [2009] ACTCA 17 (Court of Appeal of the ACT)
  • Re Brunoro [2009] ACTSC 125 (Supreme Court of the ACT)
  • R v JF (2009) 237 FLR 142 (Supreme Court of the ACT)
  • Ying v Song [2009] NSWSC 1344 (Supreme Court of NSW)
  • McGuirk v University of NSW [2009] NSWSC 1058 (Supreme Court of NSW)
  • Blomfield v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2009] NSWSC 977 (Supreme Court of NSW)
  • Wilson and Partners Ltd v Nicholls [2009] NSWSC 790 (Supreme Court of NSW)
  • Tim Barr Pty Ltd v Narui Gold Coast Pty Ltd (2009) 258 ALR 598 (Supreme Court of NSW)
  • Jackson v Lithgow City Council [2010] NSWCA 136 (Court of Appeal of NSW)
  • Habib v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2010] NSWCA 34 (Court of Appeal of NSW)
  • LJW v R [2010] NSWCCA 114 (Court of Criminal Appeal of NSW)
  • DPP v Williams (Ruling No 1) [2010] VSC 34 (Supreme Court of Victoria)
  • P v Tasmania [2009] TASSC 81 (Supreme Court of Tasmania)
  • Hinneberg v Brannaghan [2009] VSC 356 (Supreme Court of Victoria)

Foreign State Immunity (Report 24, 1984)

  • Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v P.T. Garuda Indonesia Ltd [2010] FCA 551 (Federal Court of Australia)

Insurance Contracts (Report 20, 1982)

  • Zurich Australian Insurance Ltd v Metals & Minerals Insurance (2009) 240 CLR 391 (High Court of Australia)
  • Nelson v Hollard Insurance Company Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 199 (Supreme Court of NSW)

Lands Acquisition and Compensation (Report 14, 1980)

  • Roads Corporation v Love (2010) 173 LGERA 1 (Supreme Court of Victoria)