Wednesday, February 3, 2010

New HCA Judgments

Two new decisions were handed down today. The first for 2010. We'll have the summaries up soon but for now:

Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission [2010] HCA 1.
This was ostensibly a matter of statutory interpretation on the OH & S legislation in NSW but there are a myriad of other issues that came up as well. The appeal was allowed, largely unanimously, except for one discrete point on which Heydon J dissented.

[UPDATE 25/2/10: A lamp post summary of the case can now be found here.]

Mandurah Enterprises Pty Ltd v Western Australian Planning Commission [2010] HCA 2.
This was a matter of compulsory acquisition of property by the Western Australian Planning Commission. The appeal was allowed in part.

[UPDATE 25/2/10: A lamp post summary of the case can now be found here.]
Posted by Harley Schumann at 1:42 PM

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