Australia Leading Case uncategorized

Barton v The Queen

[1980] HCA 48; (1980) 147 CLR 75

JurisdictionAustralia

CourtHigh Court of Australia

Year1980

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

While courts will not review the Attorney-General's decision to lay an ex officio indictment, once proceedings begin the courts control them to ensure a fair trial, and may stay a trial pending a committal-type examination.

Area of Law

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Miller v The Queen [2016] HCA 30; (2016) 259 CLR 380 (Miller v The Queen; Smith v The Queen; Presley v DPP (SA))

Vines v ASIC [2007] NSWCA 75; (2007) 73 NSWLR 451

Ringrow Pty Ltd v BP Australia Pty Ltd [2005] HCA 71; (2005) 224 CLR 656

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