BCE15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 293
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application for extension of time and leave to appeal - application dismissed ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - jurisdictional error - need for an independent review of reasons for decision...
View ArticleHanna v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 282
MIGRATION - appeal from decision of the Federal Circuit Court - whether primary judge erred in dismissing application for judicial review of a decision to refuse to grant a Partner visa. Held: Appeal...
View ArticleAustralian Competition and Consumer Commission v Valve Corporation (No 3)...
PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW - Meaning of proper law of a contract - operation of "conflict of laws" clause in s 67(a) of Australian Consumer Law - whether Division 1, Part 3-2 (Chapter 3) of Australian...
View ArticleWestpac Banking Corporation v State of Queensland [2016] FCA 269
REAL PROPERTY - default in payment by registered proprietor upon loan secured by mortgage over property - bankruptcy of registered proprietor - disclaimer of title to property by trustee in bankruptcy...
View ArticleLee v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 294
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application for extension of time within which to appeal - application dismissed - decision sought to be appealed clearly correct
View ArticleCFT15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 283
MIGRATION - judicial review of Minister's decision to cancel applicant's visa on character grounds pursuant to Migration Act 1958 (Cth) s 501(2) - application for extension of time - merits of proposed...
View ArticleState of Western Australia v Banjima People [2016] FCAFC 46
COSTS - s 85A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) - no reasons justifying order for costs - no costs order
View ArticleInfa-Secure Pty Limited v Crocker [2015] FCA 830
CONTEMPT OF COURT - application for finding of contempt of court under r 42 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) - where failure to comply with an undertaking given to the Court - whether application...
View ArticleInfa-Secure Pty Limited v Crocker (No 2) [2016] FCA 202
CONTEMPT OF COURT - sentencing - respondent in contempt for non-compliance with an undertaking given to the Court - contumacious, serious and deliberate non-compliance - imprisonment imposed - partly...
View ArticleState of Western Australia v Graham on behalf of the Ngadju People [2016]...
NATIVE TITLE - whether mining leases valid future acts pursuant to ss 24IB or 24IC of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) - whether mining leases granted under Mining Act 1904 (WA) or governmental...
View ArticleFazio Richards Pty Ltd v Ibis Way Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 308
CORPORATIONS - joint venture - fiduciary relationship - breach of fiduciary obligations - power of attorney - joint venture vehicle - issue of shares - cancellation of shares - fiduciary claims...
View ArticleWestpac Banking Corporation v Wittenberg (No 2) [2016] FCAFC 49
APPEAL - slip rule - inadvertent error made in orders on appeal - orders varied
View ArticleQBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd, in the matter of Division 3A of Part III of...
INSURANCE - general insurance - transfer of general insurance business from one insurer to another group entity - application for confirmation of scheme - order for transfer of reinsurance contracts
View ArticleGeneral Manager of the Fair Work Commission v Musicians' Union of Australia...
INDUSTRIAL LAW - Penalties - Contraventions of reporting requirements of a registered organisation - Contraventions of the duties of an officer of a registered organisation - Duty to exercise powers...
View ArticleFinch v The Heat Group Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 315
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - interlocutory application seeking stay of orders of Federal Court of Australia - principles relevant to a stay - order amended - application otherwise dismissed PRACTICE AND...
View ArticleSampson (Trustee), in the matter of Condon (Bankrupt) [2016] FCA 312
BANKRUPTCY - application to distribute dividends amongst creditors who have proved their debts in the bankrupt estate as if bankrupt had filed a statement of affairs and creditors had been stated in it...
View ArticleChief of the Defence Force v Gaynor [2016] FCA 311
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - interlocutory application that the first instance order for reinstatement be stayed - power of the Court to grant such a stay - no substantial disadvantage to the respondent if...
View ArticleLander v State of South Australia [2016] FCA 307
NATIVE TITLE - application for an order that certain respondents cease to be parties to the proceeding - where the respondents are members of the native title claim group - whether the respondents...
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