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Appendix H: Citations of ALRC reports in major court decisions

Table 13: Citations of ALRC reports in court and tribunal decisions 2014–15

ALRC report

Cases

Alcohol, Drugs and Driving (ALRC Report 4, 1976).

  • Burow v Hoyer [2015] ACTSC 21 (Supreme Court of the ACT)

Human Tissue Transplants (ALRC Report 7, 1977)

  • Roblin v The Public Trustee for the Australian Capital Territory and Labservices Pty Limited as trustee of the Labservices Unit Trust trading as The Canberra Fertility Centre [2015] ACTSC 100 (Supreme Court of the ACT)

Lands Acquisition and Compensation (ALRC Report 14, 1980)

  • Sleeman & Anor v SPI Electricity Pty Ltd [2014] VSCA 243 (Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeal)

Insurance Contracts (ALRC Report 20, 1982)

  • Lambert Leasing Inc. v QBE Insurance Ltd [2015] NSWSC 750 (Supreme Court of NSW)

  • Matton Developments Pty Ltd v CGU Insurance Limited (No 2) [2015] QSC 72 (Supreme Court of Queensland)

  • Sienkiewicz (As Trustee for the Sienkiewicz Superannuation Fund) v Salisbury Group Pty Limited (in Liquidation) (No 2) [2015] FCA 147 (Federal Court of Australia)

  • The Hancock Family Memorial Foundation Ltd v Lowe [2015] WASCA 38 (Supreme Court of Western Australia)

  • Guild Insurance Ltd v Hepburn [2014] NSWCA 400 (Supreme Court of NSW, Court of Appeal)

  • Maxwell v Highway Hauliers Pty Ltd [2014] HCA 33 (High Court of Australia)

Foreign State Immunity (ALRC Report 24, 1984)

  • Firebird Global Master Fund II Ltd v Republic of Nauru [2014] NSWCA 360 (Supreme Court of NSW, Court of Appeal)

  • Firebird Global Master Fund II Ltd v Republic of Nauru [2014] NSWSC 1358 (Supreme Court of NSW)

Evidence(Interim) (ALRC Report 26, 1985)

  • Crosswell v Tasmania [2015] TASCCA 14 (Supreme Court of Tasmania, Court of Criminal Appeal)

  • Fletcher v The Queen [2015] VSCA 146 (Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeal)

  • Tuite v The Queen [2015] VSCA 148 (Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeal)

  • Keys v Salway [2015] NSWSC 613 (Supreme Court of NSW)

  • Herrick v Knowles (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 54 (Supreme Court of NSW)

  • Murrell v The Queen [2014] VSCA 334 (Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeal)

  • Spencer v Commonwealth of Australia [2014] FCA 1288 (Federal Court of Australia)

  • Harricks & Harricks [2014] FCCA 2724 (Federal Circuit Court of Australia)

  • DPP (Cth) v Galloway (a pseudonym) & Ors [2014] VSCA 272 (Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeal) 

  • Barton v Lake Macquarie City Council [2014] FCA 1103 (Federal Court of Australia)

  • The Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Franklin [2014] NSWCA 329 (Supreme Court of NSW, Court of Appeal)

  • R v Holliday [2014] ACTSC 265 (Supreme Court of the ACT)

  • Herrick v Knowles [2014] NSWSC 1223 (Supreme Court of NSW)

  • Greenway v Teoh [2014] ACTSC 224 (Supreme Court of the ACT)

  • Macquarie International Health Clinic Pty Ltd v Sydney Local Health District Sydney Local Health District v Macquarie Health Corporation Ltd (No 5) [2014] NSWSC 1105 (Supreme Court of NSW)

  • Power v The Queen [2014] VSCA 146 (Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeal)

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

  • Eatts v Gundy [2014] QCA 309 (Supreme Court of Queensland, Court of Appeal)

  • Talbot v Malogorski [2014] NTSC 54 (Supreme Court of the Northern Territory)

Civil Admiralty Jurisdiction (ALRC Report 33, 1986)

  • Virtu Fast Ferries Ltd v The Ship ‘Cape Leveque’ [2015] FCA 324 (Federal Court of Australia)

  • Samson Maritime Pty Ltd v Aucote [2014] FCAFC 182 (Federal Court of Australia, Full Court)

  • Programmed Total Marine Services Pty Ltd v Ships ‘Hako Endeavour’, ‘Hako Excel’ and ‘Hako Esteem’ [2014] FCAFC 134 (Federal Court of Australia, Full Court)

Spent Convictions (ALRC Report 37, 1987)

  • Kocic v Commissioner of Police NSW Police Force [2014] NSWCA 368 (Supreme Court of NSW, Court of Appeal)

Evidence (ALRC Report 38, 1987)

 

  • Tuite v The Queen [2015] VSCA 148 (Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeal)

  • DPP (Cth) v Galloway (a pseudonym) & Ors [2014] VSCA 272 (Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeal)

  • R v Sumpton [2014] NSWSC 1432 (Supreme Court of NSW)

  • Power v The Queen [2014] VSCA 146 (Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeal)

General Insolvency Inquiry (ALRC Report 45, 1988)

  • Australian Gypsum Industries Pt Ltd v Dalesun Holdings Pty Ltd [2015] WASCA 95 (Supreme Court of Western Australia, Court of Appeal)

  • Enviro Systems Renewable Resources Ltd (Receivers & Managers Appointed) v Westpac Banking Corporation [2015] SASC 59 (Supreme Court of South Australia)

  • Smith v Boné, in the matter of ACN 002 864 002 Pty Ltd (in liq) [2015] FCA 319 (Federal Court of Australia)

  • Grant Samuel Corporate Finance Pty Limited v Fletcher JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association v Fletcher [2015] HCA 8 (High Court of Australia)

  • Yarrawonga Earthmoving & Garden Supplies Pty Ltd v Clem Court Pty Ltd [2014] VSC 439 (Supreme Court of Victoria

Grouped Proceedings in the Federal Court (ALRC Report 46, 1988)

 

  • Clarke (as trustee of the Clarke Family Trust) & Ors v Great Southern Finance Pty Ltd (Receivers and Managers Appointed) (in liquidation) & Ors [2014] VSC 516 (Supreme Court of Victoria)

  • Liesfield v Ausnet Electricity Services Pty Ltd & Ors (Ruling No 4) [2014] VSC 496 (Supreme Court of Victoria)

  • Cash Converters International Limited v Gray [2014] FCAFC 111 (Federal Court of Australia, Full Court)

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

  • Clarke (as trustee of the Clarke Family Trust) & Ors v Great Southern Finance Pty Ltd (Receivers and Managers Appointed) (in liquidation) & Ors [2014] VSC 516 (Supreme Court of Victoria)

  • Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Australian Property Custodian Holdings Limited (Receivers and Managers appointed) (in liquidation) (Controllers appointed) [2014] FCA 1308 (Federal Court of Australia)

  • Wellington Capital Limited v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2014] HCA 43 (High Court of Australia)

Costs Shifting—Who Pays for Litigation (ALRC Report 75, 1995)

  • Hancock Coal Pty Ltd v Cassoni (No.5) [2014] QLC 33 (Land Court of Queensland)

Confiscation That Counts: A Review of the Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 (ALRC Report 87, 1999)

  • Director of Public Prosecutions v Close and Close [2015] ACTSC 10 (Supreme Court of the ACT)

  • R v Host [2015] WASCA 23 (Supreme Court of Western Australia, Court of Appeal)

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

  • Baghti & Banis And Ors [2015] FamCA 302 (Family Court of Australia)

  • Clarke (as trustee of the Clarke Family Trust) & Ors v Great Southern Finance Pty Ltd (Receivers and Managers Appointed) (in liquidation) & Ors [2014] VSC 516 (Supreme Court of Victoria)

  • Monto Coal 2 Pty Ltd & Ors v Sanrus Pty Ltd as trustee of the QC Trust & Ors [2014] QCA 267 (Supreme Court of Queensland, Court of Appeal)

  • Lister & Lister [2014] FamCA 606 (Family Court of Australia)

Principled Regulation: Federal Civil and Administrative Penalties in Australia (ALRC Report 95, 2003)

  • Fair Work Ombudsman v Cuts Only The Original Barber Pty Ltd & Ors [2014] FCCA 2381 (Federal Circuit Court of Australia)

  • Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Director of Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate [2014] FCAFC 101 (Federal Court of Australia, Full Court)

Genes and Ingenuity: Gene Patenting and Human Health (ALRC Report 99, 2004)

  • D’Arcy v Myriad Genetics Inc [2014] FCAFC 115 (Federal Court of Australia, Full Court)

Uniform Evidence Law (ALRC Report 102, 2006)

  • Tuite v The Queen [2015] VSCA 148 (Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeal)

  • Australian Institute of Fitness Pty Limited v Australian Institute of Fitness (Vic/Tas) Pty Limited [2015] NSWSC 635 (Supreme Court of NSW)

  • R v Simmons (No 7) [2015] NSWSC 574 (Supreme Court of NSW)

  • Pate (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2015] VSCA 110 (Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeal)

  • Verryt v Schoupp [2015] NSWCA 128 (Supreme Court of NSW, Court of Appeal)

  • R v PW (No 2) [2015] ACTSC 92 (Supreme Court of the ACT)

  • Sio v R [2015] NSWCCA 42 (Supreme Court of NSW, Court of Criminal Appeal)

  • Audsley v The Queen [2014] VSCA 321 (Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeal)

  • Oakley v Hyslop [2014] ACTSC 314 (Supreme Court of the ACT)

  • JCS v Tasmania [2014] TASCCA 6 (Supreme Court of Tasmania, Court of Criminal Appeal)

  • DPP (Cth) v Galloway (a pseudonym) & Ors [2014] VSCA 272 (Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeal)

  • DC Payments Australasia v Vic Hotel Pty Ltd and Ors [2014] VSC 535 (Supreme Court of Victoria)

Same Crime, Same Time: Sentencing of Federal Offenders (ALRC Report 103, 2006)

  • Atanackovic v The Queen [2015] VSCA 136 (Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeal)

Family Violence: A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 114, 2010)

  • O’Toole & Noakes [2015] FCCA 497 (Federal Circuit Court of Australia)

Managing Discovery: Discovery of Documents in Federal Courts (ALRC Report 115, 2011)

  • Harwood v The Trustee of the Property of John Mervyn Harwood [2015] FCCA 1058 (Federal Circuit Court of Australia)

  • Smythe v Burgman [2015] NSWSC 150 (Supreme Court of NSW)

  • Clarke (as trustee of the Clarke Family Trust) & Ors v Great Southern Finance Pty Ltd (Receivers and Managers Appointed) (in liquidation) & Ors [2014] VSC 516 (Supreme Court of Victoria)

Classification—Content Regulation and Convergent Media (ALRC Report 118, 2012)

  • Tennant and Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2014] AATA 452 (Administrative Appeals Tribunal of Australia)

Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era (ALRC Report 123, 2014)

  • DPP v Kaba [2014] VSC 52 (Supreme Court of Victoria)